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“I feel like this podcast has the right intent, but its hosts and guests come across as sorely lacking the insight and experience necessary to give qualified advice on being in a modern workplace. Their responses to many of the situations discussed, usually by blaming the letter writer and ponying up ideal but truly unrealistic “solutions” to those problems can come across as downright ignorant and callous. It’s abundantly clear how little experience the hosts have in enduring their own career hardships, and it’s truly shocking at times how little empathy or genuine helpfulness they provide some of the situations discussed.
As one example, in the recent job hopping episode, their “advice” was to blame the writer for lacking “emotional intelligence” for getting into a difficult work culture, to recommend he go into therapy, and then to quote examples of how people they knew apparently were able to do a week long “trial” of a job before starting. I really have to wonder, what kind of fantastic job world do these people live in? I’ve received a number of job offers across industries, and a trial week is so laughable and implausible for most careers (ever heard of confidentiality agreements or MNPI?) that it’s offensive this was brought out as advice.
I do like the topics covered, and just really wish the people dishing the advice had real work experience rather than just academic study. Working at HBR and academia in general is probably not a good reflection of the average American’s work environment or struggles, and that’s all too clear as you listen to this. Hopefully they will take this feedback and try to invite folks with true work experience, and not just people who have “studied” working.”
jinsightr via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/30/19
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“Thank you for shedding light on how the society needs to catch up with how we work and live our lives!!”
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“I teach undergraduates in Management, Project Management, and Leadership. Great supplement to lectures and free for those on limited textbook budgets.”
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10/05/18
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“Required listening for anyone with a job!!”
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South Africa ·
06/05/18
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