Work Sucks Podcast

Kelly is a health care professional. During grad school, she felt lucky to find a job in her new career field. That feeling of luck was short lived. From dealing with a dilapidated facility to fearing for her personal safety constantly, Kelly talks with us about a mental health/substance abuse rehab facility where work sucked for her.

Today's guest talks about her job in a popular restaurant franchise. It wasn't so much the place that made her job suck, but the combo of workplace stress and the never-ending fight with addiction while on the job. From locking herself in a deep freezer to scream at the top of her lungs until the cravings subsided to working herself into exhaustion, hear her story of how she overcame the temptations to fall into old bad habits. We are celebrating her sobriety of 7 years with this podcast.We also get a glimpse into the underside of the tipping culture of America and how business owners take advantage of employees.Jamie is currently a addiction recovery advocate and speaks out on multiple platforms. You can find her here.Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100040696132331Insta:https://www.instagram.com/jamietalluto/?hl=enYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/c/jamietall

Bethany worked in retail as a customer service representative for a big chain store. Her job was to deal day in and day out with Karens. One day, a man disgruntled with a return policy, lost his temper and threw a car battery at Bethany. Bethany shares advice on how to stay safe in the workplace by learning emergency procedures and protocols.

In this episode Ray talks about a job that stressed him out so bad that he broke down crying in the office during his first week. After forming bonds with coworkers, he found out he wasn't the only one to shed a tear at his workplace. Six months into his contract, Ray realized he needed an exit strategy. Hear how Ray hung in there and worked hard to get himself free from his situation.

Meg Britt was slapped in the face by her boss with a cellphone. After she was hired, things went downhill fast. First she was treated as a toy thing, then an adversary. She goes on the record with us amidst her ongoing litigation against her former employer. Things get a bit emotional. This is a story you have to hear.

Katie received a trained and accredited service dog. It was apparent that her workplace did not like it at all. After being relocated to the corner and asked to vacuum the whole building daily, she eventually was exiled into a WFH situation that she didn't want. I don't know about you, but ADA issues seem to crop up here.

According to Duane from Buffalo, he had a boss that was channeling "female in the workplace" stereotypes from the 1940s. Here's how his interactions with a boss with boundary issues made his work suck.Also, we learn a bit about the workplace term "Malicious Compliance"

Amber was fired for being a Lesbian. According to her boss, she'll probably burn in hell too. Tune in as we talk with Amber about how asking for a PTO to attend a funeral turned into her losing her job. Sometimes bosses suck, not at just being bosses, but at being humans as well.

If you've been accused of having resting bitch face. You need to listen...In this episode we talk about how interviews suck. We bring Human Resources Generalist, Cortney, on the show to help us with five or six tips on how to make interviews suck just a bit less.