S2E0 - Super Excited to be Here

S2E0 - Super Excited to be Here

Author: Hostile Work Environment March 9, 2020 Duration: 15:15

Hostile Work Environment is back!! **And apologies for the rough sound on this!!! It will be fixed in episode 2!**

In this episode we reveal our new co-host (rhymes with Great Krishoff)!!!

We discuss who we are and why we are here.

We discuss the new podcast format and frequency.

And WE BEG for your stories, comments, questions, concerns and/or discussion items, which you can email to hwepodcast@gmail.com.

Please let your friends, colleagues and families know we're back and to SUBSCRIBE wherever you listen to podcasts and RATE & REVIEW us on iTunes.

Also, now with video on Facebook and on Youtube. Just subscribe to our Facebook group or our YouTube Channel!!

Thanks all! We're thrilled to be back.


Ever had a truly bizarre day at the office? The kind you can’t wait to tell someone about, but you know HR would never understand? That’s the territory explored in Hostile Work Environment. This isn’t a dry lecture on policy manuals. Instead, it’s a raw, often hilarious, and deeply relatable look at the absurd theater of modern employment. Hosts Marc and Dennis dive headfirst into the stories we all collect but rarely share openly-the passive-aggressive emails, the baffling management directives, the coworker who defies all logic. They dissect the unspoken rules and cultural quirks that shape our daily grind, asking the questions everyone thinks but is too cautious to voice. By blending personal anecdotes with a sharp, comedic lens, they transform universal workplace frustrations into cathartic conversation. You’ll find yourself nodding along, laughing in recognition, and maybe feeling a little less alone in your own professional struggles. Tune in for a weekly dose of solidarity and humor that reframes the daily slog through corporate life. It’s the podcast that gets it, because we’ve all been there, surviving one hostile environment at a time.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Hostile Work Environment
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S1E46 -- It's My Service Stallion! (repeat) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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S2E11 - Fire Every Man in a Banana Hammock! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:27
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S2E9 - You Made Me Feel Something for NASCAR? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:03
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S2E7 - Marc and Kate Are Not Pregnant [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:59
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S2E6 - The World is Crumbling All Around Us [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:36
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S2E5 - Let Me Smell That Contract! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:18
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Duration: 40:37
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