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As a follow-up to January’s “Sunday Comics” podcast Mick & Hanna take a deep dive into the dark side of the evil creator of a certain office inspired comic strip and even rename the comic something more  appropriate. Also, our devious duo explains why your initial reaction to “Bare Minimum Monday” is probably presumptuous and incorrect.   Please check out our new sponsor Yogi Raw Life: yogirawlife.com and use our coupon code HRYOGI for 10% off Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share?  Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!   Articles Cited: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159605012/dilbert-cartoonist-scott-adams-rant-rebuke https://www.businessinsider.com/i-do-bare-minimum-mondays-at-work-curb-burnout-stress-2023 https://abcnews.go.com/Business/bare-minimum-monday-marks-latest-quiet-quitting-trend  

Mick and Hanna have a bad case of Spring Fever which makes for entertaining listening as they discuss Disney’s decision to force their workers to spend more time in the office. Has the clock struck midnight for the remote worker? Not if fairy godmother Hanna Hampton has anything to say about it!   Please check out our new sponsor Yogi Raw Life: yogirawlife.com and use our coupon code HRYOGI for 10% off   Article Cited: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/disney-employees-push-back-against-return-to-office-mandate.aspx Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share?  Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

It is time to step away from your desk to find your happy place with another Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode! Listen in as Mick & Hanna discover an ultra-inclusive, accessibility-focused, wonderland for all children and their families to enjoy.   Check out our new sponsor Yogi Raw Life: yogirawlife.com. For more information regarding Morgan’s Wonderland: https://morganswonderland.com/     Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? We would love to hear from you!   Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com Twitter: @hr_hours Instagram: hrafterhours Facebook: @HRafterhours Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

It started out as a simple conversation while reviewing January articles predicting HR Tends for 2023 and quickly turned into disdain toward the repetitive cycle that the articles confirmed. “Why are we subjected to the same recycled thoughts every year?” a self-proclaimed “particularly froggy” Hanna inquired. Mick responded with a simple “Let’s hit record and see how you really feel.” This is HR After Hours.   Please check out our new sponsor Yogi Raw Life: yogirawlife.com  Cited Article: ”8 of the Biggest Challenges for HR in 2023 By Alex Larralde featured in betterworks.  https://www.betterworks.com/magazine/8-of-the-biggest-challenges-for-hr/   Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? We would love to hear from you!   Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com Twitter: @hr_hours Instagram: hrafterhours Facebook: @HRafterhours Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

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 ignore January’s abandoned resolutions with a quick tale of sharing and family togetherness. Pour yourself a cup of chocolatey cocoa and enjoy this heartwarming narrative.   Check out our new sponsor Yogi Raw Life: yogirawlife.com.   Do you have a great story, question for our hosts, or best practice to share? We would love to hear from you! Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com Twitter: @hr_hours Instagram: hrafterhours Facebook: @HRafterhours Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

Hanna and Mick cannot avoid finding HR issues and topics no matter how hard they try. In this episode our troublesome twosome updates you about their favorite fast-food fountain of poor people practices and utilizes a Sunday comic strip to warn you about the perils of retaliation in the workplace. Put your seat back up and tray table away 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. Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com Twitter: @hr_hours Instagram: hrafterhours Facebook: @HRafterhours Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com   Article Cited: Ex-McDonald’s CEO fined by SEC By Harriet Sinclair LinkedIn News https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/ex-mcdonalds-ceo-fined-by-sec-5098553/ Dilbert by Scott Adams https://dilbert.com/

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. Contact Us: Email: hrafterhoursmail@gmail.com Twitter: @hr_hours Instagram: hrafterhours Facebook: @HRafterhours Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com   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/

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com   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  

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com  

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com  

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com  

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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com 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/

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

Break up your day with a quick "Snack Break" provided by Mick & Hanna. Our snacks are quick treats of positivity so you can hit your mental reset button to help take on the rest of your day. Enjoy!   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

Mick and Hanna were each long overdue for a vacation, and it just so happens they hit the same sunny destination! Listen in as our dynamic duo discusses their quests to cure Spring Fever followed by an attempt to digest the shocking statistic regarding the number of HR Managers suffering from burnout. Hopefully, they have a suggestion or two to help beat the HR blues!   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 Article by Jack Kelly referenced: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/04/14/98-of-human-resources-professionals-are-burned-out-study-shows/?sh=53976c2e6c02  

After an unplanned and lengthy break, Mick and Hanna are back to share a few laughs while discussing how to implement an effective hybrid work model based on your business and people. Is there a uniform template you should be utilizing? Could your decisions and design create turnover? Does your team have a strong disdain for the term “new normal?” Click play and 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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

This podcast has something for everyone! In this episode Mick & Hanna exchange their thoughts on Valentine’s Day and scorned lovers’ revenge, anti-work threads on Reddit, a true work & life balance, and Dan Price’s livable wage success at Gravity Payments.   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  

Let’s face it, quite a few Human Resources leaders have admitted to having a tough time at work since March of 2020. In fact, most people have felt deflated and unmotivated at work recently. Mick & Hanna decide to reach out and attempt to help us pick ourselves up and shake off the demoralizing dust that has been the last two years 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 Tumblr: hrafterhours.tumblr.com

During our attempts to grow as HR professionals and human beings we sometimes face obstacles. One of these hurdles is lacking the insight or true understanding of those around us and their life experiences. In this unique episode we go outside of the workplace and take a deeper and personal look at representation and how it impacts our peers and co-workers. Mick and special guest Taj, discuss how the lack of representation in popular culture influenced her as a student and professional. Listen in as Mick and Taj have an honest conversation while Revisiting Perspective.   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