998: Workplace Fails and Bad Boss Tales | Feedback Friday

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Jordan Harbinger

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dysfunctional workplaces and abyssmal bosses litter the modern corporate hellscape. What stories will you share from the rubble? Welcome to Feedback Friday!

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On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

You worked at a company with a problematic culture focused on self-help teachings and inappropriate therapy sessions led by an unqualified manager. How'd that turn out?
You're working at a door-to-door sales company where underperforming employees face unusual (and likely illegal) consequences. Will you be able to stomach the challenges that await you?
Your bad boss manipulated and mistreated you, hoping you'd fail when you left for a new job. But what happened when the tables were turned?
As a young journalist, you dealt with an alcoholic, sexually harassing boss at a small-town newspaper. How far did things have to go before karma took the wheel?
You're a young employee at a luxury car garage, where the eccentric owner's behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. Will a chance encounter with a client change the course of your career?
Your boss denied you time off to visit a dying loved one, forcing you to choose between work and family. How will this decision impact you in the long run?
Years ago, your boss made your work life miserable. Now, he's interviewing for a job at your thriving company. What will you do?
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0:00.0	Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host Jordan Harbinger. As always I'm here with
0:07.0	Feedback Friday producer, the spiritual gangster himself back in the prison of the
0:11.9	United States serving time for his immaculate
0:14.2	vibes. Wow masterpiece. Gabriel Mizrahi. On the Jordan Harbinger show we decode
0:19.7	the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into
0:23.8	practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you.
0:27.8	In our mission is to help you become a better informed more critical thinker.
0:31.8	During the week we have long-form conversations
0:33.8	with a variety of amazing folks.
0:35.6	From arms dealers to undercover economic hitmen,
0:38.6	astronauts, hostage negotiators,
0:40.4	tech luminaries, and legendary Hollywood directors.
0:43.0	This week we had Christopher On, this guy, incredible story.
0:46.0	He's a marine that ended up breaking into the North Korean embassy in Spain
0:52.0	to try and rescue people who wanted to defect and the
0:54.8	whole thing goes well haywire to say the least and now he's facing
1:00.3	extradition to Spain where in North Korea wants to kill him.
1:03.4	It's just an insane story.
1:06.2	That's a two-part of this week.
1:07.2	Definitely check that out if you haven't done so yet.
1:09.4	On Fridays though, we share stories offer advice, obnoxious sound bites and mercilessly roast
1:14.3	Gabe for his choice in tank tops and or wristbands both of which you have on right
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