HR Unfiltered: Confessions, Scandals, and Secrets ft. Amy Lentz, HackYourHR

Demoted

Demoted Productions

Comedy, Business, Careers

4.8 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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HR: part therapist, part referee, part corporate cleanup crew. This week, we’re joined by Amy Lentz, Chief People Officer at TOMS and the creator behind HackYourHR, to answer the big question: what does HR actually do all day (besides read your Slack messages)? From her early days working for the Obama administration to landing at TOMS, Amy shares what it really takes to keep a workplace semi-functional. She also gets a front-row seat to some of the wildest corporate confessions we’ve ever collected and breaks down each scandal with her HR perspective. We dig into the secrets of anonymous feedback forms, the ethics of outing an STD at the office, and whether HR is quietly tracking your office romance. Plus, we debate job title upgrades, “Open to Work” etiquette, and whether you should ask for a raise while you’re on a PIP. Go to ⁠https://cornbreadhemp.com/DEMOTED⁠ and use promo code DEMOTED for 30% off your first order Go to ⁠https://zbiotics.com/DEMOTED ⁠and use DEMOTED at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. We want to hear from you! Send in your Corporate Confessions, Dear Demoted questions, and Shout-outs right here: ⁠https://forms.gle/nJc667dUL65Xh63C6⁠

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0:00.0	I think a lot of people like to live in this ideal world.
0:02.9	In HR, we have to live in the real world.
0:04.4	Okay, so you wouldn't fire a rep who tried to bury a fifth of liquor outside the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios.
0:10.4	I've come across a lot of crazy HR stories, but nothing like that before.
0:13.6	Yeah, we've got some sales kickoff stories here that are going to blow your mind.
0:16.6	I'm noticing a theme with all of these sales situations.
0:20.0	Honest question. Are the anonymous employee feedback forms actually anonymous?
0:23.6	Well.
0:32.9	Demoted.
0:33.6	Ladies and gentlemen, motorheads, welcome to demoted.
0:41.1	Good news, bad news situation. Bad news. Natalie's not here. She's traveling the world. She's busy. You know, she's got shit to do. Great news. I'm not alone. So you don't have to
0:47.7	hear me ramble on about some nonsense. I am here with Amy Lentz, chief people officer of Tom's, aka Hack Your HR on all social media
0:57.0	channels.
0:57.6	We'll get into some of that stuff later.
0:59.5	But we are talking HR today.
1:03.0	And it's not your typical run-of-the-mill HR stuff.
1:06.3	As you know, Demoted is famous for Savage Work Stories, ridiculous office confessions, things of that nature.
1:12.7	But I really do want to dive into what the hell HR does do besides tell people know or you can't
1:19.3	have fun and things like that. But first of all, Amy, welcome to Demoted. Thank you. You said good news,
1:25.6	bad news. I'm thinking, is that really good news that you're hanging out with HR right now?
1:30.8	I have not had a lot of great experiences with HR, as you can imagine.
1:35.7	But nothing terrible.
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