Category: Relationships

#37: Interview Follow-Up & Red Flags: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss the hiring process on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice about how to follow-up with an employer after an interview.

Then we give guidance to an employee who, during the hiring process, sees red flags that his colleagues do not.

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#36: Negotiating Your Worth & Diplomacy: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss two common workplace issues – negotiation and diplomacy – on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice about how to negotiate a higher salary.

Then we give guidance to an employee who is told to ‘practice diplomacy’ in order to move their career forward.

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#35 – Phubbing (aka Phone Snubbing): My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss phubbing – or “phone snubbing” – in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an employee whose boss is constantly distracted by his smart phone.

Then we give guidance to a manager who has inattentive employees due to their smart phone use during meetings.

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#34 – Breaking Out of Workplace Roles: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss how to break out of the roles we assume at work on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to a “rule keeper” who is having difficulty with a couple of rule breaking senior staff.

Then we give guidance to an individual who is completely invisible in the workplace.

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#33 -Difficult Personalities at Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss people and their personalities in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an individual whose boss is moody, anti-social and difficult to deal with.

Then we talk about how a new boss can manage the various personalities and the dilemmas between his employees.

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#32 – Sex and Politics: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss sex and politics in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an individual whose boss strongly enforces his political views in the office.

Then we talk about what an employee should do when their new boss makes sexual advances at them.

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#26 – Workplace Biases: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine answer questions about workplace biases on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we discuss what an individual should do when their employer tells them to lose weight in order to progress at work.

Then we give advice about how to handle a workplace accusation based on racial bias.

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#23 – Offensive Behavior: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine answer questions about co-worker’s offensive behavior at work on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First, we give advice about how to handle an entitled employee.

Then we discuss how a boss should deal with the jealousy of his or her staff over a new employee.

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