All Episodes
Every conversation, every story, every moment of honesty about surviving and thriving in the workplace.
Hourly vs Salary: Which One Screws You More?
The Season 1 finale tackles the age old debate of hourly versus salary and which one truly benefits the worker.
Your Total Rewards: Real Measure of Worth or Corporate Spin?
Examining compensation strategies and whether total rewards packages are genuinely valuable or just corporate spin.
From the Trenches: Protecting Your Health and Peace
Javier and Robbi talk about walking away from corporate America to start their own businesses and protect what matters.
Breaking Free: From Corporate to CEO
Tired of your 9-to-5? Learn how to launch the business you work for with our special guest Javier Carrillo.
Performance Reviews Are a Joke
Diving into the absurdity, biases, and questionable effectiveness of traditional performance evaluations.
Mental Health Days Are Not Vacation Days
Unpacking corporate attitudes toward mental health, sick days, and the stigma of prioritizing self-care.
Job Hopping: Stigma or Savvy?
Challenging the outdated notion that loyalty equals success and exploring why changing jobs frequently might boost your career.
Leaving Loudly: Is It Ever Smart?
Examining whether publicly calling out toxic workplaces during resignation is bold activism or career ending.
Burnout Culture: Why We Are All Exhausted
The glorification of being busy is destroying people. The hosts discuss why burnout has become the norm.
HR is Not Your Friend. Usually.
Real talk about the misconceptions and harsh realities of navigating Human Resources as an employee.
Death by Meeting: Surviving Corporate Chaos
Strategies and humor for coping with excessive, unproductive meetings.
Promotion to Misery
When climbing the corporate ladder becomes more about stress than success, and how to recognize when a promotion isn't worth it.
Quiet Quitting: Lazy or Strategic
A debate on the reasons behind quiet quitting—is it genuine burnout, strategic disengagement, or a response to corporate culture?
Unemployment: The Game Is Rigged
Exploring how state unemployment offices can feel like extensions of corporate HR departments, making it challenging for fired or laid-off workers to qualify for benefits.