Hostile Work Environment

Arrrrrrrrrr. No, it's not talk like a pirate day. But we've decided to re-brand anyway as a pirate themed pod.

In that vein...in this episode, Marc and Kate discuss:

• Peloton's employment practices
• Infighting at the EEOC
• Free coffee labor in Boston
• NFL owner redux
• Jorts the Cat redux

As you can tell, very pirate-y.

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HEY HEY WE'RE BACK!!!

This episode we talk about:

- The appalling state of education in Mississippi

- A cable company that fails every test...including when its employee murders a customer

- Why did the entire police department of a small North Carolina town just up and quit??

- BisFitty the Hero!

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!!SUPPORT COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION NOW!!

Today we chat about:

-- The new CBAs for the US Men's and Women's Soccer Teams

-- A butt update from Florida

-- Two NFL teams with unfortunate goings on

-- And an employer who thinks they can require a departing employee to pay for recruiting and training their replacement.

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We take a break from our usual employment focus to discuss this week's leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. We discuss the legal derivations of the right to privacy in United States jurisprudence and how this draft opinion, if enacted by the Court, has the real potential to chill many of the personal rights we now take for granted. If nothing else, we hope this is educational and you learn something.

Trigger Warning: Ma...

In this episode Kate and Marc talk about:

• Union organizing at Amazon and Starbucks;
• Farting as bullying?;
• How to pay foreign nationals who work in the US;
• Bad April Fools Day pranks; and
• Crazy workplace postings!

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Our TWO-YEAR anniversary episode!

Marc quizzes Kate on our podcast stats.

Kate talks about nipples and gorillas.

Marc talks about fake pregnancies.

Kate talks about butts.

Marc reads a story about sperm.

Pretty normal week here at the Hostile Work Environment HQ.

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This episode!

A US Women's National Team update! 

Newsflash! Some people in Minneapolis suburbs are racist!

Some master sommeliers are not masters of keep their hands off of female colleagues...

And...a note to employees on how they should (and should not) handle their colleague's death.

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Happy Valentines Day!

Kate talks a whole bunch about the NFL.

Marc talks about penalizing employees who get robbed and/or trapped in their workplace

Kate talks about how Tesla is bad.

Marc talks about a listener story with stalking!

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Friend of the Podcast Aaron Weiss of the Center for Western Priorities joins us this episode to talk about two absolutely batsh*t stories. He tells the old tale of the 19th and early 20th century Colorado labor wars. Then he talks about last week's crazy incident where a driver hit a reporter live on air...and the insanity that ensued.

Kate talks about the insane Thedacare situation in Wisconsin.

And I read a listener story about P...

We're back!

We talk about SCOTUS opinion on vaccine or test mandates...

Bad stuff at the University of Michigan...we're blue. :(

A follow up on the penny payer story from last episode.

For some people, Danny Devito is more important than their job.

The Portland Pickles new viral social media campaign...brilliant satire or bad idea?

And a full reading of the epic saga of Jean and Jorts.

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Today we are joined by our favorite guest, Jon Hyman! Jon returns once again with his annual recitation of the Worst Employer of the Year contest. Listen to the episode, then vote here: Worst Employer of 2021 Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Kate also chats about the Cuomo brothers...again.

Marc reads an awesome listener story about water and sex workers!

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This episode, Marc and Kate are enemies!

But they still manage to talk about:

-- Vaccine mandates

-- Broadway

-- Cricket (the sport, not the bug)

-- Delivery vans

and

-- Listener submitted best interview stories!

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A downer episode if there ever was one. 

We chat about recent issues with the Chicago Blackhawks.

We look at some of the fallout from Colorado's new job posting pay transparency law.

We discuss Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special.

Plus a listener story and a shitty boss!

What else could you possible want???

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Our friend Jon Hyman joins once us to dissect the employment law issues in our favorite show, Ted Lasso! This time through the end of Season 2.

SPOILERS ABOUND

We discuss Nate's descent into darkness, the fallout of Sam's big choice, Trent Crimm, Independent, and much much more.

Most importantly, we discuss mental health in sports and at work. If you or someone you know needs support, here's a list of resources that can help, shame...

In this episode, Marc and Kate do NOT talk about the recent NWSL scandal.

But they DO talk about:

• Equal Pay for the US Women's National Soccer Team
• The Cuomo Brothers...birds of a feather...
• Vaccination mandate update.
• And a listener story involving chefs and porn

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We cover the Biden Administration's new vaccine mandates for federal contractors and employers with over 100 employees.

But that's not all...

- We discuss the sexy nazi awesomeness that is Brandy Melville

- A listener story about a manager and subordinate who are maybe a little too close?

- Is it ok to just ignore the cultural norms of the country you're in when traveling for work? Kate thinks yes!

- An amazing workplace fight over...

This week!

- We don't talk about icky Governor Cuomo...

- We do talk about icky gamers

- We do talk about the icky Minnesota GOP child sex traffickers

- We do talk about the icky Syracuse Police Department

- We do talk about an icky way to leave your job...and GO TO JAIL.

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