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WTF are Peanut Butter Raises?! Why Pay-for-Performance Keeps Getting Smeared
Jun 17, 2026
38m 20s
Affordable HR Support for Colorado Small Businesses: The HR Collective
Jun 3, 2026
44m 58s
When Employees Start Making the Rules: How Leaders Should Respond
May 6, 2026
45m 08s
The Most Expensive "Free" Lunch in HR History.
Apr 22, 2026
41m 33s
Gen Z at Work: Lazy, Loud, or the Wake-Up Call Corporate Needed? (Rebroadcast)
Apr 8, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 | WTF are Peanut Butter Raises?! Why Pay-for-Performance Keeps Getting Smeared | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of WTF is Business Casual?!, Jenny and Sarah talk about the "peanut butter raise" debate that's been making the rounds in HR circles. A recent industry article predicts companies are about to ditch across-the-board raises in favor of rewarding top performers only, and Jenny and Sarah have some thoughts. Spoiler: they don't think it's actually going to happen, and they've got a decade of compensation-cycle scar tissue to back it up. From an executive team... | 38m 20s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | Affordable HR Support for Colorado Small Businesses: The HR Collective | Send us Fan Mail Most small business owners know they need HR support. The problem is figuring out what level of support they actually need. In this episode, Jenny and Sarah pull back the curtain on RiseHR's HR Collective and explain why they created it, who it's designed for, and how it helps Colorado small business owners get expert HR guidance without paying for a full-time HR professional. They discuss the most common HR mistakes they see, why Colorado employment law is especially complex... | 44m 58s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | When Employees Start Making the Rules: How Leaders Should Respond | Send us Fan Mail What happens when employees stop asking and start telling? In this episode, Jenny and Sarah unpack a growing workplace trend they have been seeing with small business owners: employees announcing schedule changes, cutting their hours, demanding remote work, and assuming the answer will be yes. The bigger issue is not employee boldness. It is leadership hesitation. They dig into why so many leaders struggle to respond in the moment, how unclear expectations create bigger probl... | 45m 08s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | The Most Expensive "Free" Lunch in HR History.✨ | HRconsulting+2 | — | — | — | free lunchHR investigations+2 | — | 41m 33s | |
| 4/8/26 | Gen Z at Work: Lazy, Loud, or the Wake-Up Call Corporate Needed? (Rebroadcast)✨ | Gen Zworkplace+2 | — | — | America | graduationjob hoppers+1 | — | 1h 03m 05s | |
| 3/25/26 | What "Lack of Initiative" Means (And Why Employees Get It Wrong)✨ | initiativeworkplace complaints+2 | — | — | — | work morestay later+2 | — | 35m 27s | |
| 3/11/26 | Productivity at All Costs? The Workplace Obsession With “More With Less”✨ | productivityworkplace culture+2 | — | More With Less | — | more with lesswork harder+2 | — | 33m 58s | |
| 2/25/26 | WTF Workplace Moments: AI Fails, Paycheck Glitches & Career-Limiting Questions✨ | AI failspaycheck glitches+3 | — | AI interview note-taker | — | AI toolsemployee privacy+2 | — | 40m 42s | |
| 2/11/26 | Small Business HR Mistakes That Will Cost You: Employee Classification, PTO Policies & Intern Rules✨ | HR mistakesemployee classification+2 | — | — | — | compliance issuesovertime+2 | — | 47m 44s | |
| 1/28/26 | Cussing at Work: Where “Authentic” Meets “HR Nightmare”✨ | swearing at workwork culture+2 | — | Authentic | — | HR nightmarelaw update+3 | — | 42m 20s | |
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| 1/14/26 | The Workplace Is Tired: The Darker Side Of Modern Work✨ | workplace culturefour-day workweek+3 | — | LinkedInFacebook | — | workplace nonsensemodern work+1 | — | 54m 21s | |
| 1/1/26 | Interviewing? Maybe Leave Your Mom at Home. (Rebroadcast)✨ | interviewingrecruiting+2 | — | Leave Your Mom at Home | — | hiringjob applications+1 | — | 1h 00m 26s | |
| 12/17/25 | Performance Reviews Are Broken (Part 2): Why Development Planning Keeps Missing the Point✨ | performance reviewsdevelopment planning+3 | — | WTF is Business Casual | — | — | — | 40m 16s | |
| 12/3/25 | Performance Reviews Are Broken (Part 1): The Messy Reality of Workplace Evaluation | Send us Fan Mail This week, Jenny and Sarah drag the workplace ritual everyone hates: performance reviews. They open with a simple truth HR has known forever. Nobody likes them, nobody trusts them, and nobody thinks they actually work. Managers dread writing them. Employees dread reading them. Yet here we are, still clinging to a system that feels older than a fax machine. And yes, they get into the cultural shift that has managers terrified to say anything direct, the rise of “triggered” res... | 53m 15s | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | Sick at Work: Why You Showing Up Is Everyone’s Worst Nightmare | Send us Fan Mail Cold and flu season has arrived, and Jenny and Sarah have officially reached their breaking point. This week, they break down the circus of people dragging themselves into the office sick, logging onto Zoom while sweating through a fever, or insisting it’s “just allergies” in the middle of December. From vomiting kids to adults powering through meetings mid-retch, this episode gets blunt about how unhinged workplace culture has become around “pushing through.” The hosts expla... | 44m 08s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | Please Stop Hugging Me (and Other Workplace Crimes) | Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to WTF is Business Casual, where HR consultants Jenny Levy and Sarah Bursten roast, rant, and reality-check the weird stuff that somehow passes for “normal” in the workplace. This week we’re calling out all the things people still think are fine at work, but absolutely aren’t. From awkward hugs to speakerphone oversharers, cubicles that look like dorm rooms, and the office “Happy Birthday” song no one actually enjoys, Jenny and Sarah break down what’s WTF-accepta... | 45m 37s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | Gen Z at Work: Lazy, Loud, or the Wake-Up Call Corporate Needed? | Send us Fan Mail Gen Z has officially entered the chat and corporate America isn’t ready. Jenny and Sarah rip into the chaos (and low-key brilliance) of the newest generation in the workplace. Are they entitled job hoppers with no soft skills… or the only ones brave enough to call BS on burnout culture? Spoiler: it’s complicated — and very, very human. They unpack everything from Gen Z’s allergy to fake leadership to why they’ll quit faster than you can say “circle back.” Plus, the host... | 1h 01m 11s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | The Detachment Paradox: Why HR Bias Punishes Employees Who Unplug | Send us Fan Mail Employers love to say they support work-life balance and encourage you to take your PTO. But here’s the workplace reality: when employees actually unplug, they’re often seen as less committed, and less promotable. Welcome to the detachment paradox. In this episode of WTF is Business Casual?!, Jenny and Sarah unpack the HR bias that rewards “always on” employees and punishes those who set healthy boundaries. It’s the messed-up cycle that fuels employee burnout, slows career gr... | 38m 11s | ||||||
| 9/10/25 | WTF Meetings: Why Your Workplace Productivity Is Dying in Conference Rooms | Send us Fan Mail Jenny and Sarah rip into the black hole of modern work life: meetings. Endless updates, back-to-back Zooms, and “quick syncs” that somehow eat your entire day. It’s no wonder productivity is tanking. They break down: Why update meetings are the real productivity killersThe hidden cost of meetings when you factor in salaries (spoiler: it’s a lot)How stripping recurring meetings off the calendar could actually fix workplace cultureWith plenty of side-eye for the corporate “I’ll... | 32m 30s | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | Leadership Boundaries: Non-Negotiables That Keep Teams Sane | Send us Fan Mail Jenny and Sarah lay down the leadership boundaries that keep their teams sane, their workdays functional, and their patience intact. From bosses who brag about “open door” policies but vanish when the tough stuff hits, to leaders who think skipping lunch is a sign of commitment (spoiler: it’s not), they’re calling out the habits that quietly wreck morale, and the ones that actually build trust. You’ll get: Boundaries that protect your time and your credibilityHow follow-throu... | 34m 49s | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | Brains That Work Differently: Why Your Team Needs Both | Send us Fan Mail Jenny and Sarah get real (and a little vulnerable) about what it actually looks like to build something together when your brains couldn’t be wired more differently. From inner monologues that never shut up to brains that see zero pictures when they read (yes, it’s a thing), they unpack how wildly different mental wiring shows up at work, in friendships, and in every tense “are you mad at me?” conversation they’ve ever had. They talk through: Why friction between “big‑picture... | 1h 02m 23s | ||||||
| 7/16/25 | Rest, Recovery, Repeat: What Work Can Learn from Marathon Training | Send us Fan Mail Jenny and Sarah get real about how the pressure to always exceed expectations at work is quietly fueling burnout, quiet quitting, and toxic workplace culture. They swap HR stories (some hilarious, some horrifying) about leaders who demand 24/7 peak performance, and the human cost that follows. It’s messy, honest, and painfully relatable for anyone who’s ever felt PTO guilt or caught themselves trying to be “on” all the damn time. Inside, they break down: A reality check on wh... | 58m 17s | ||||||
| 7/2/25 | “Halfway There” Won’t Cut It: HR’s Guide to Performance Management Fails | Send us Fan Mail Jenny and Sarah get into the HR trenches to talk about every people leader’s favorite nightmare: managing performance issues without a single documented conversation, aka zero receipts! From the leader who drops a “we’ve got to let them go” bomb via text, to the one with a novel-length complaint file (and zero follow-up), they break down the real reason performance management so often goes sideways and how to stop making it harder than it needs to be. This isn’t about paper... | 54m 39s | ||||||
| 6/18/25 | Workplace Shenanigans: There’s Cheese in the Ceiling! (and Other HR Violations) | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of WTF is Business Casual?!, Jenny and Sarah go full rogue with a chaotic, hilarious deep dive into the strange world of workplace shenanigans. The pranks that made the office fun… until they didn’t. This episode is a tribute to the coworker chaos that somehow made your 9-to-5 bearable. You’ll hear: 💻 Why “lock your computer” is more than just IT’s favorite slogan🧀 The cheese prank that cleared a whole office🌶️ A popcorn machine saga featuring jalapeño drama... | 48m 18s | ||||||
| 5/28/25 | WorkHuman Deep Dive (Part 2): The Future of Work: It’s Complicated (But Still Human) | Send us Fan Mail In Part Two of our deep dive into the WorkHuman Conference, WTF is Business Casual hosts Jenny and Sarah pick up where they left off—this time digging into the big, bold conversations around AI, leadership, and what it really takes to build a human-centered workplace. Trevor Noah set the tone with humor and heart, reminding us that curiosity isn’t optional—it’s essential. And while AI dominated the agenda, the real takeaway? It’s not about replacing humans. It’s about empower... | 58m 39s | ||||||
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