Sp Ep 3 - Team Halfwit Rides Again

Sp Ep 3 - Team Halfwit Rides Again

Author: Hostile Work Environment March 19, 2020 Duration: 51:50

Stuck at home at the start of a long quarantine, the members of Team Halfwit -- who had never spoken together in a group outside of WhatsApp -- discuss their personal and professional experiences related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). It was a special time for us, and we hope, a useful dialogue for all of you. Just for fun, we top off the episode with a listener submission about an elevator that can't go all the way down...

The glorious members of Team Halfwit are:

Jon Hyman: @JonHyman | The Ohio Employer Law Blog (temporarily renamed the Coronavirus Law Blog)

Tracy Coenen: @SequenceInc | Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting

Suzanne Lucas: @RealEvilHrLady | Evil HR Lady

Jeff Nowak: @jeffreysnowak | FMLA Insights

Daniel Schwartz: @danielschwartz | The Connecticut Employment Law Blog

Please read their blogs, interact with them on social media, and hire them.

And of course your co-hosts...

Kate Bischoff: @k8bischHRLaw | tHRive Law and Consulting

Marc Alifanz: @saladpants | Coming Soon: Alifanz HR Law and Consulting (yes, he totally copied Kate)

The podcast can be found at @hwepodcast

Please email your stories, questions, comments and/or discussion items at hwepodcast@gmail.com

Lastly, thank you so much for listening and supporting us. 

Please let people know about us and that we're BACK! Please rate and review us on iTunes


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.
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