HR After Hours Podcast
Mick and Hanna are human resources and business professionals who take a humorous and unfiltered approach to advocating for and celebrating great people management practices in the workplace. Welcome to HR After Hours.
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Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
This episode is packed with more goodies than your holiday vacation suitcase! Listen in as Hanna and Mick discuss one of the worst emails ever sent by a manager, before tackling the topic of employers utilizing passive aggressive tactics hoping employers will quit in lieu of termination. Needless to say, our dynamic duo has plenty of choice words for these employers. Buckle up kids: this is HR After Hours!
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
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Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
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ARTICLES CITED IN THIS EPISODE:
“Are You Getting Pushed Out?” by Taylor Borden
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/are-you-getting-pushed-out-6084498/
Shepherd Express News of the Weird “Harsh”
https://shepherdexpress.com/puzzles/news-of-the-weird/news-of-the-weird-week-of-december-15-2022/
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Has an alien billionaire taken over your company forcing you to jump ship? Use your newly acquired time off to check out our newest podcast! In this episode, Hanna & Mick weigh in on working for companies that generate a culture of cyclical terminations and mass rehiring and the impact it has on their people, what no one EVER thought State Parks would ask you NOT to do, and how ‘Family Guy’ used their time machine again.
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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Articles Cited:
“HR is more worried about retention than hiring, data suggests” HR Dive 11/3/22 Caroline Colvin
https://www.hrdive.com/news/hr-retention-over-hiring/635750/
"Please refrain from licking" toads, says National Park Service in unusual warning 11/7/22 Carla Sinclair
https://boingboing.net/2022/11/07/please-refrain-from-licking-toads-says-national-park-service-in-unusual-warning.html
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
It is time to step away from your desk, stretch, and listen to the latest Snack Break "bite sized" edition of HR After Hours. Do you have a sweet tooth? Did you not get enough leftover Halloween candy? Then we may have the ideal job for you! Take five minutes to yourself to learn more and check out this episode
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Mick & Hanna's love of all things Halloween is one of the few topics in which they consistently agree. Join our devious duo as they cackle over how Apple gutted the nostalgia from Halloween, review two new spooky television specials for 2022, dare you to take Mick’s Halloween Challenge, look at this year’s most popular costumes, decimate People’s suggestions for how to enjoy Allhallows Eve, share some corny jokes, and recommend unique horror flicks & frightful fun.
Ready or not, ‘This is NOT a HR Podcast’s Halloween Spooktacular’ is waiting for you!
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Is a "good vibes only" approach to leadership actually extremely negative and emotionally restrictive? Does telling someone that "everything will work out" do more harm than good? Short answer: YES!!
Mick & Hanna tackle the truth about Toxic Positivity and how to avoid it in this episode of HR After Hours.
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
In this jampacked episode Mick & Hanna discuss what we can learn from Apple’s sexual harassment lawsuits, the toxic masculinity that destroyed Woodstock, give two vastly different listener “shout-outs,” and Mick declares Ted Nugent should “go f*&k himself.” Who said HR cannot be fun? Enjoy!
A portion of this episode contains information from the article: “Apple vows to 'make changes' after report details how 15 female employees faced an apathetic HR following sexual harassment allegations” written by Katie Canales. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-promises-changes-female-workers-reported-sexual-harassment-hr-2022-8
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
It is time to take a break and hit your reset button with another Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode. Join Mick & Hanna as they plan a trip to Jerome, Arizona. "Why Jerome?" you ask, well kick back, close your eyes, and share a couple laughs with our dynamic duo to find out!
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
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This episode inspired by an article written by Allison Godlove for Travel Awaits July 17, 2022: https://www.travelawaits.com/2782708/jerome-az-residents-told-to-stop-yelling-at-tourists/
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Our dynamic duo return from their recent sabbatical to enthusiastically warn of the significance of the current "Great Vacation." Is the current clamor for time off a sign of the future need to reexamine your current vacation policies? If you do not already know the answer, according to Mick you may be f*@ked!
This episode is inspired by an article written by Zara Stone for Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90768726/the-great-vacation-is-upon-us-and-offices-are-struggling-to-keep-up
Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Contact Us:
Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com
Twitter: @hr_hours
Instagram: hrafterhours
Facebook: @HRafterhours
Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com