Awkward Tuesday: Never Hire Friends
Brooke and Jeffrey
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
One of our listeners THOUGHT she was doing the right thing lying to her boss and her company to get her friend hired, and in today’s Awkward Tuesday Phone Call we’ll find out how it turned into the worst decision she ever made!
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| 0:00.0 | Having a best friend is a real blessing. |
| 0:03.7 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:04.8 | To have someone who would do anything for you, they lend you money. |
| 0:10.0 | They'll let you crash on their couch. |
| 0:12.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:13.0 | If not free, a really small sum. |
| 0:16.0 | They'll be brutally honest about how that outfit you're wearing really looks on you. |
| 0:21.7 | Oh, as they should be. |
| 0:23.0 | Someone needs to be. |
| 0:24.0 | Right? |
| 0:24.5 | Because they've got your back. |
| 0:26.2 | And that's why our listener thought she was doing the right thing when she lied to her boss and to her entire company to help her best friend get hired. |
| 0:35.0 | Oh, that's a big lie. |
| 0:36.7 | Well, now in retrospect, it may have been the worst decision that she has ever made. |
| 0:41.7 | Oh, goodness. |
| 0:42.2 | You're going to understand why she had no choice but to reach out to us in your brand new, |
| 0:46.7 | Awkward Tuesday phone call. |
| 0:48.2 | Next. |
| 0:50.2 | It's awkward. |
| 0:51.3 | It's Tuesday. |
| 0:52.8 | It's awkward Tuesday phone call. |
| 0:55.6 | There's a lot of sayings that warn people about how you shouldn't date people that you work with. |
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