WTF is Business Casual
Buckle up for real HR stories that'll make you laugh, cringe, and thank your lucky stars you're not that guy.
WTF is Business Casual is the HR podcast where two seasoned consultants—Sarah Bursten and Jenny Lavey, co-founders of RiseHR—dish on wild workplace fails, toxic bosses, employee drama, and leadership gone wrong. With 35+ years of combined experience in HR, leadership development, and people management, they offer surprisingly useful advice wrapped in real talk and hilarious storytelling.
If you’re an HR professional, small business owner, people manager, or just someone who’s survived office politics, this show is for you.
Subscribe to WTF is Business Casual—because work is weird, leadership is messy, and people always be peopling.
Hosted by Sarah Bursten & Jenny Lavey | RiseHR
www.risehumanresources.com
WTF is Business Casual
Episode 1: Welcome to the S*** Show!
Get ready to dive into the hilarious and often unbelievable world of HR with your new favorite podcast, WTF is Business Casual?! Hosted by friends and business partners Jenny and Sarah, this is episode one, and they're not holding back.
In this inaugural episode, Jenny and Sarah introduce themselves and share the story of how they met and decided to start their own HR consulting company after becoming "fed up with the world of corporate." They promise to bring their years of experience and countless crazy HR stories to the masses, with a disclaimer that names might be changed to protect the innocent (or not-so-innocent!).
Find out:
- How Jenny and Sarah became partners in crime.
- Why "WTF is Business Casual" is the perfect name for a podcast about the absurdities of the workplace.
- Hilarious dress code stories, including a "resort casual" sales meeting in flip-flops and a swimsuit.
- The hosts' unfiltered thoughts on workplace behavior and why they believe the work world is basically "junior high" in business casual attire.
- What you can expect from future episodes, including discussions on feedback sessions gone wrong, how to properly fire someone, bad email addresses, and more.
Jenny and Sarah aim to be "HR in your pocket," offering a mix of education and humor as they share their unedited inside voices on the daily insanities of the HR world. Tune in for the laughs, stay for the HR insights (but remember, it's not legal advice!).
