WTF is Business Casual
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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.
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WTF is Business Casual
We React to Viral (& worst) Workplace Videos - Part 1
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In this episode of WTF is Business Casual?!, Jenny and Sarah are doing something a little different. Reacting in real time to the viral workplace advice flooding your social media feeds. From the Dan Martells and Gary Vs of the world to random HR "professionals" who've been fired multiple times and somehow think that's a flex, Jenny and Sarah are calling it all out.
They get into the corporate communication channel chaos that's quietly destroying everyone's brain, the bereavement leave situation that will make your blood boil, a pay transparency moment that's equal parts inspiring and messy, and an HR person who thinks standing alone is a personality trait.
Highlights:
[00:00] Cold open: 20 communication channels and zero accountability
[05:57] This week's format: reacting to viral workplace advice
[08:22] Reaction #1: corporate communication channel chaos
[11:32] Brain fog, burnout, and why you literally cannot keep up
[15:06] Reaction #2: the HR pro who's been fired a lot (and thinks that's a good thing)
[19:16] Reaction #3: should you try to fix a toxic workplace?
[23:43] Reaction #4: the bereavement leave text thread from hell
[26:42] Reaction #5: the pay gap text exchange and what the manager got legally wrong
[32:55] Reaction #6: should you ask your coworker what they make?
[40:25] Colorado's pay transparency law and how to use job postings to your advantage
Hit play because not all LinkedIn advice is created equal, and somebody had to say it.
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