Why do companys hate using "youtube video" training?

faringdon

The vast majority of people and specially managers,
think that "learning materials composed of
youtube type video's are bad and for wasters".

..For idiots and lazy tykes who can't be bothered to read the manual.

If you try and seek out a "youtube video" training tutorial, you are a lazy good-for-nothing who is a "manual_wimp"…..and a waster.

However, IMHO, the "Youtube video" is the best way
to convey information. Better than written manuals etc.

As an example, I once went into a company who had a big backlog of "display PCBs" for
jet fighter aircraft. My job was to use the PCB layout software to produce the
display PCBs (ie make manufacture files for them) so that they could be sent for manufacture.

After years of using this kind of PCB layout software, I found this job very easy.
I was able to produce all the PCBs in a day or two.

The company told me that they always struggled to find people who could do this job.
They lamented that I would be leaving the company now that the job was finished, and in 4 months time, another batch
would need doing. Who would do the job then?
They had had members of staff sitting there with the PCB layout software manual and trying to do the job,
but never with any success.

Therefore, I made them a youtube video showing exactly how this job was done. Within a week, they had already trained up
4 junior members of staff to sucessfully do the job. Only the youtube video was able to convey the info so as to
quickly inject the skill into the people.

Now they don't need to pay contractors like me £45/hour to come in and do this easy job.

This is one reason why youtube training videos are an excellent training methodology...far far better than written manuals.

But why are they so utterly hated?

The_Unready

Everybody learns differently. What methods work for you won't necessarily work for others.

How have you determined that "The vast majority of people and specially managers,
think that "learning materials composed of
youtube type videos are bad and for wasters""?

Martin_the_Unjust

personally I have never watched a YouTube video to learn anything, I much prefer written notes etc.

dumpster_fire2025

I've never seen anything like this attitude in all my working career (and have seen many training videos, unfortunately) so I'm struggling to understand where the claim that "YouTube videos are bad and for wasters" comes from.

LightFlare

Its a bit hard to ask a YT video if you have a question or don't understand what its saying/doing

I wouldn't say its necessarily bad, but then I wouldn't say its good

Sometimes it is appropriate and works, sometimes it doesn't

Savvy_Sue

In my time, I've done a certain amount of HMRC online training. And there is always a recording afterwards, and the same topic covered on their YouTube channel.

The advantage of the actual online training is that you can ask questions by chat, which will be answered.

BUT Every Single Time, someone would ask a very basic question in the chat to which the answer had just been given. So the message would be repeated, often ... repeatedly. *

I've also fallen asleep in more online pre-recorded training sessions than I should admit.

So clearly for some people visual stuff works, and for others it just doesn't. I'll sometimes watch a knitting video, but what I'll save is the written instructions. I need both but mostly what I can read.

* Example: the employer must pay Statutory Sick Pay and cannot reclaim this from HMRC, says the trainer. "How do I reclaim the SSP?" asks several people in the chat. Head banging follows ...

TELLIT01

Not in a work environment as I retired before You Tube tutorial videos became popular, but I did use one to fix a problem with my car. The written word would have had difficulty explaining where certain clips were located, but the video showed exactly where they were and how to remove them in a matter of seconds.

Training videos are neither always the right thing nor are they always the wrong thing. Their great benefit is the ability to quickly go back over a specific point without having to search a manual.

elsien

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6682979/why-do-companys-hate-using-youtube-video-training

I can honestly say I’ve never heard anyone say any such thing. My company doesn’t use YouTube videos because they are too generic and we need training that is more specific. Nothing more than that.

oldernonethewiser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6682979/why-do-companys-hate-using-youtube-video-training

If you could link to the statistics for your claim that might help the discussion.

Grumpy_chap

The OP's comment here seems an odd one, or an odd priority at least.

To answer the direct question, companies may be reluctant to use just any old online video as the quality and accuracy of the information given cannot be assured. Companies prefer to have their own training material that they can audit for correctness. That training material may take a whole range of formats including video presentations.

In terms of the OP being able to charge a good rate for a job which they find easy but using particular skills, knowledge and experience gained over many years, when the Client commented that the current batch was complete but they'd have another batch in a few months with no resource to complete that batch, the Client was probably hankering after the OP committing to return at the appropriate time. When the OP produced a video which allows their inhouse staff to do the task, the Client probably could not believe their luck.

I hope the OP charged an appropriately inflated rate for the time spent producing that video.

ohreallƳ

Why the hell would you think it a good idea, when your contract is ending, to make a YT video essentially exiting your !!!!!! out the door sharpish.