They are the company’s friend! They will happily mislead you, and have you take paid leave… Later to find out that it was unpaid, and they just took it out of your PTO anyway. They are sneaky, dishonest, gossipy, and toxic on any given day… Don’t let an HR person convince you otherwise :-)

I still cannot believe my former manager expected me to casually lie to my other manager about my hours. There’s only one loser in that situation no matter what the truth is. And it would’ve been me if I tolerated it.

Very few positions contain the trifecta of depravity that I cover in this podcast. Cross training, burn out, anxiety, depression, are very common among the majority of people who end up working for and leaving this place. Some people stay for 20 years… I can’t even fathom that being the destiny of my life. Do not work for this company, if you know what’s best for your mental health and sanity.

In this episode, I talk about the woes of cross-training. Many companies will try to make you think this is beneficial, in reality it’s a very modern way to budget cut… While stressing you out and underpaying you. Do not give them the satisfaction of doing this to you.

You heard that correctly, have you ever had to be hid from a grown man so you can pack your things at WORK? That’s very similar to many abusive and toxic relationships and not at all appropriate for the workplace. I hope you enjoy this short story on what led to this. More context is given in my very first episode.

Here I read back a raw letter I wrote to keep my thoughts in order when departing from my penultimate corporate role as a Recruiter. This is meant to be half of a two part episode set. In this letter, I discuss the vague expectations of the company, ranging from performance based to social in nature. I also detail the final straw that let me know I truly wasn’t going to find any resolution to stay. My toxic former boss can thank himself for this.