90 - Does Wearing Company Apparel on Zoom Build Culture (?) and HBO's Succession
Release Date: 12/06/2021
99 - Periods In The Workplace
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On episode 99 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Madeline Laurano, Jessica Lee, and Tim Sackett come together to discuss our new co-host, mailing lists, and periods in the workplace! Listen below and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (iTunes) and follow (Spotify)! 2:00 - We have a new co-host! We’re excited to welcome Madeline Laurano to the HR Famous family. 4:15 - Madeline is an analyst on TA and HR tech. She’s been in the game for 20 years and started her firm, Aptitude Research 7 years ago. 6:20 - Any remember of the days of blogger vs....
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98 - Coffee Rules and KD's New Job
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On episode 98 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) and come together to discussl coffee rules of the office, KD’s new job, and changes to the podcast! Listen below () and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review () and follow ()! SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 1:30 - KD still isn’t playing Wordle. Quite late to the party still… 3:30 - Dawn Burke sent the crew her husband’s coffee routine. This made Tim wonder when free coffee at work became a thing. He wants free Diet Mountain Dew at work! 6:30 - Tim has some observations as a non-coffee drinker. He...
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97 - Standing Desk Etiquette, When to Get a Coach
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On episode 97 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Kris Dunn, Jessica Lee, and Tim Sackett come together to discuss Station Eleven, standing desk etiquette, and the phenomenon of life coaching. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (iTunes) and follow (Spotify)! 1:45 - Any Station Eleven fans? Tim feels some kinship because it takes place around his home, the Great Lakes. 5:30 - JLee remembers KD’s commitment to do 100 pull ups a day. He says he doesn’t do them everyday but he can do 120-150 reps. 7:30 - JLee asks a question about work from home etiquette....
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96 - Inflation Pressure on Pay, Calendly Power Plays
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On episode 96 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) and come together to discuss a reported uptick in Glassdoor reviews mentioning inflation and the power dynamics (or lack thereof) of making someone use your Calendly scheduler. Listen below () and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review () and follow ()! SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 3:00 - JLee’s dry January quickly devolved into drinking wine on a Wednesday. She just finished Station Eleven and is watching And Just Like That. 5:20 - Tim has been loving season 2 of Righteous Gemstones. He says it’s...
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95 - Future of Sourcing/Outbound Recruiting with Shannon Pritchett of HireEZ (formerly Hiretual)
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On episode 95 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leader Tim Sackett is joined by HireEZ’s (formerly Hiretual) CMO, Shannon Pritchett, to discusses Outbound Recruiting strategies and the real struggles of modern TA. Listen below () and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review () and follow ()! SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 1:15 - It’s a Tim solo pod today! He is joined by special guest Shannon Pritchard. She is the Head of Marketing from HireEZ (formerly Hiretual). 6:30 - Tim notes that in marketing, we often don’t devote enough resources to building communities when that could be a great...
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94 - Wordle and Letting People Choose WFH Days
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On episode 94 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Jessica Lee come together to discuss bathrooms in the workplace, Wordle, and why you shouldn’t let your employees choose their WFH days. Listen below and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (iTunes) and follow (Spotify)! 1:30 - KD is out sick this week! Just Tim and JLee. 3:00 - Tim mentions that he had a conversation with a co-worker in the bathroom before they hopped on their call. JLee asked if they make eye contact while they talk… 5:00 - JLee talks about how genderless bathrooms...
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93 - Eating on Work Video Calls - Right or Wrong?
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On episode 93 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to discuss eating on video calls, hiring during the holidays, and choosing your own salary and benefits.
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92 - Making HR & Recruiting More Like Uber
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On episode 92 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to discuss how HR and Recruiting could be more like Uber, then shift to the promise of legal immigration in the USA to help fight worker shortage issues.
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91 - The Train Wreck of Zoom-Based Layoffs at Better.com
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On episode 91 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn come together to discuss Jeff Bezos’ carbon footprint and the major blunder related to Zoom-based layoffs at better.com. Listen below () and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review () and follow ()! SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 2:00 - It’s boy’s week on HR Famous! Please stay with us JLee fan club! 3:00 - Follow Tim on Insta @timsackett! 4:30 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently went to space and his carbon footprint for the 9 minute flight was equal to the carbon footprint of 1 billion...
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90 - Does Wearing Company Apparel on Zoom Build Culture (?) and HBO's Succession
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On episode 90 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to discuss characters on HBO's Succession, wearing company branded apparel on Zoom calls to attempt to build culture, and increases in health insurance costs.
info_outlineOn episode 90 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to discuss characters on HBO's Succession, wearing company branded apparel on Zoom calls to attempt to build culture, and increases in health insurance costs.
Listen below (click this link if you don’t see the player) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (Apple Podcasts) and follow (Spotify)!
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
2:45 - JLee had a call with her chief legal counsel and she forgot she had a hoodie on and felt underdressed.
4:15 - JLee is late to the Succession game but now she is obsessed. Tim and KD are long time fans. JLee asks “who is the least worst of the Succession siblings?”.
9:40 - Tim didn’t realize while watching Schitt’s Creek that Catherine O’Hara (Moira Rose) was the mom in Home Alone…
11:30 - A recent Business Insider article reported that a CEO of an established company expects all employees to wear baseball caps/hats on Zoom calls to represent being a part of the company.
16:45 - Tim mentioned that when he worked at Applebee’s, they loved when their employees wore their logo on the clothes they wore to work and often gave out clothing with the logo.
19:30 - JLee just realized she’s a perpetrator of this because she bought every member of her team the same hat on a team outing…
26:00 - JLee has noticed that benefits rates are going up and she’s curious about how companies are communicating to their employees why the rates are increasing. Tim said his rates were going to go up by a 34% increase.
28:00 - Tim says that during the pandemic, health insurance companies had really low utilization and so it looks like this is a cash grab.
32:00 - Tim has often run into a problem with Blue Cross where they always try to make you pay more than you actually need to and then, employees need to fight back against the insurance company.
35:00 - JLee is a brand loyalist, even when it comes to medicine!