Jaded HR: Your Relief From the Common Human Resources Podcasts

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  The Final Episode of Jaded HR | Thank You for 6.5 Years of HR Stories, Workplace Lessons & Laughs 16.07.2026 33mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Jaded HR Finale: Thank You for 6.5 Incredible YearsAfter more than six years of workplace stories, HR debates, employment law discussions, and more than a few sarcastic rants, this is the final episode of Jaded HR. In this bittersweet farewell, Warren and CeeCee explain why they're ending the podcast, reflect on how both their careers—and perspectives—have evolved, share favorite memories from years of recording, thank the listeners and Patreon supporters who made the show po...
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  HR Is Not Your Friend? Debunking Another Viral HR Hate Rant 18.06.2026 32mnt

  Send us Fan Mail HR Is Not Your Friend? Debunking Another Viral HR Hate Rant Another week, another internet expert explaining why HR is supposedly ruining the workplace. This week on Jaded HR, Warren and CeeCee dive into a viral anti-HR LinkedIn post claiming companies would be better off eliminating Human Resources altogether. The article argues HR creates unnecessary problems, protects weak performers, and acts as a "shadow government" inside organizations. Naturally, Warren and CeeCee have...
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  Another CEO Fires Entire HR Team… Then Blames Them for Everything 03.06.2026 27mnt

  Send us Fan Mail What happens when a CEO publicly blames HR for “creating problems that didn’t exist” and then fires the entire department? In this episode of Jaded HR, Warren and CeeCee dive headfirst into the viral Bolt controversy, startup culture chaos, and why HR somehow always becomes the corporate punching bag when leadership decisions go sideways. The conversation starts with a jaw-dropping workplace harassment case involving a bisexual Army police officer, a hostile work enviro...
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  HR Got Replaced by a Former Teacher… And Nobody Saw the Problem 21.05.2026 45mnt

  Send us Fan Mail What happens when a company decides HR experience doesn’t actually matter? In this episode of Jaded HR, Warren and CeeCee dive headfirst into the frustrating reality of how many organizations still view HR as little more than paperwork, party planning, and administrative busywork. The conversation starts with a real-world story that’ll make HR professionals cringe: a small company passes over an internal employee with an HR degree for an HR opening… and hires a former school ...
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  Quiet Cracking, AI Trust, and Training the Next Generation 07.05.2026 35mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Quiet Cracking, AI Trust, and Training the Next Generation After an unexpected week off, the hosts catch up on a kitchen remodel and debate gas versus electric cooking, then touch on Cinco de Mayo drinks and missed Star Wars Day plans. They shift to workplace trends, defining “quiet cracking” as employees who are burned out and disengaged but staying due to an unstable job market, alongside “job hugging,” and discuss low applicant flow, burnout at big tech, and the need for ...
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  Oracle Layoffs, AI Spending & HR Reality: Why ‘Record Profits’ Still Mean Job Cuts 09.04.2026 30mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Season 7 kicks off the only way Jaded HR knows how: with questionable life decisions, corporate chaos, and HR stories that make you wonder how some companies are still functioning. Warren almost dies test-driving a 50-year-old truck (worth it), Cece is out here installing gas appliances like a DIY queen, and somewhere in the middle… we actually talk HR. This episode dives into the latest mass layoffs at Oracle Corporation, including: The brutally cold layoff email that feels ...
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  Denied Work From Home While Pregnant: The HR Case That Cost TQL $22M 26.03.2026 42mnt

  Send us Fan Mail This week on Jaded HR, we dive into an HR nightmare that somehow checks every single box of what NOT to do. A pregnant employee. A doctor’s note. A simple work-from-home request. And a company that said… “nah, come into the office.” What happened next? A $22 million lawsuit that has HR professionals, employment lawyers, and workplace experts all asking the same question: what were they thinking? We break down the now-viral case involving Total Quality Logistics and unpack the...
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  Company’s Cringe Marketing Video May Accidentally Expose Their Real Culture 12.03.2026 37mnt

  Send us Fan Mail You know those polished corporate videos that are supposed to scream “we have a great culture!”? Yeah… this is not one of those. In this episode, we break down a marketing video that was clearly meant to attract talent, boost morale, and make leadership feel good about themselves… but instead managed to do the exact opposite. Think less “employer branding win” and more “unintentional documentary on workplace dysfunction.” We get into: How employer branding videos can ba...
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  Can Women Mansplain? HR Debates Workplace Double Standards ⭐ 27.02.2026 44mnt

  Send us Fan Mail This episode has a little bit of everything: the Olympics, employee side hustles, and a workplace debate that is guaranteed to make at least one person in HR deeply uncomfortable. We kick things off with a question no one asked for but everyone has an opinion on: Can women mansplain? (And more importantly… should you be having that conversation at work?) From there, we dive into: The reality of workplace double standards (and how they actually play out) &nbs...
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  Accenture’s ‘Low Performer’ Cuts — Smart HR or Corporate Hunger Games? 12.02.2026 35mnt

  Send us Fan Mail What happens when a company decides the bottom 5% of employees just… shouldn’t be there anymore? Well, if you’re Accenture, you call it a strategy. Everyone else might call it something closer to corporate survival of the fittest. In this episode, we break down Accenture’s approach to upskilling employees while simultaneously cutting the lowest performers — because nothing motivates people quite like the looming threat of being next on the list. We dig into: The logic ...
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  Why Everyone Hates HR (And Honestly… They Might Have a Point) ⭐ 29.01.2026 33mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Let’s address the elephant in the office: Nobody likes HR. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration… but not by much. In this episode, we dive into the long-standing (and very vocal) frustration people have with HR — where it comes from, why it persists, and whether some of it is actually… deserved. We get into: The most common reasons employees say they don’t trust HR Where HR actually earns that reputation (yes, we said it) The disconnect betwee...
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  Return-to-Office Mandates Are Back — And Employees Are Pushing Back Hard ⭐ 07.01.2026 30mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Just when everyone got comfortable working from home… companies have decided it’s time to bring everyone back. Because clearly, that’s what employees wanted. In this episode, we break down the return of return-to-office mandates and the completely predictable reaction from employees: resistance, frustration, and a whole lot of updated LinkedIn profiles. We get into: Why companies are suddenly doubling down on in-office work How employees are responding (hint:...
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  SHRM Hit With an $11.5M Reckoning — And ChatGPT Recaps Our Year in HR 18.12.2025 47mnt

  Send us Fan Mail It’s been quite a year in HR… so naturally, we decided to let ChatGPT weigh in. But before we get there, we start with a story that’s a little more serious (and a lot more expensive): SHRM and an $11.5 million reckoning that raises some uncomfortable questions about leadership, accountability, and how things can go sideways even at the top of the HR world. Then, because we like to balance chaos with… slightly different chaos, we turn things over to AI. Yes, really. We asked C...
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  You Won’t Believe Who’s On Your Payroll — The HR Oversight That Slipped Through ⭐ 20.11.2025 42mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Every company assumes they know who’s on their payroll. That assumption might be doing a lot of heavy lifting. In this episode, we break down a situation where someone ended up on payroll who absolutely, positively… should not have been there. Whether it was a breakdown in hiring, onboarding, or basic oversight, this is one of those stories that makes you wonder how often things like this happen without anyone noticing. We get into: How hiring and onboarding processes c...
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  AWS Outage Chaos — And What It Reveals About Work, Culture, and Pay 07.11.2025 35mnt

  Send us Fan Mail When AWS goes down, a lot of things stop working. Including, apparently… people’s patience. In this episode, we start with the AWS outage and how a tech failure quickly turns into a workplace stress test. Because nothing exposes operational cracks faster than systems going offline and everyone scrambling to figure out what they actually do all day. From there, we expand into the bigger picture: What tech outages reveal about workplace dependency and communication W...
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  Spooky HR Stories — Workplace Nightmares You Can’t Make Up (Encore Episode) 23.10.2025 43mnt

  Send us Fan Mail It’s spooky season… which means it’s time for something truly terrifying: Workplace stories that actually happened. In this encore episode, we revisit some of the most ridiculous, uncomfortable, and borderline unbelievable HR situations that prove you don’t need ghosts to have a horror story at work. We get into: The kind of HR nightmares that make you question everything Workplace situations that somehow went from bad… to significantly worse And t...
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  SHRM's Blueprint for an $1300 Dumpster Fire 09.10.2025 52mnt

  Send us Fan Mail SHRM is trying something bold. Or depending on how this goes… something that could turn into a very expensive mess. In this episode, we break down SHRM’s upcoming “Blueprint” event — including a high-profile DEI debate featuring two very different perspectives — and why it’s getting so much attention (and pushback) across HR circles. At around $1,300 to attend, the conversation quickly shifts from “Is this valuable?” to “Who is this actually for?” We get into: The struc...
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  Creepy Workplace Stories — HR Nightmares You Can’t Make Up 25.09.2025 31mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what’s actually sitting in your coworkers’ desk drawers? This episode kicks off with a workplace discovery that goes from strange to deeply unsettling in a hurry. When maintenance opens a former employee’s desk, they uncover journals filled with explicit ratings of female coworkers’ appearances. Yeah… exactly as bad as it sounds. We break down: Whether this creates a hostile work environment after the fact What liability looks like when the employee is ...
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  Cocaine, Bathroom Chaos, and the Worst HR Investigation Ever 11.09.2025 51mnt

  Send us Fan Mail Every HR professional knows there’s a massive gap between what’s in the employee handbook… and what actually happens at work. This episode lives firmly on the “what actually happens” side. We kick things off with one of the most unhinged workplace investigations we’ve ever come across — starting with rumors of cocaine use and, somehow worse, very questionable noises coming from the women’s restroom. Yes. That’s where this starts. Bill walks us through how this situation...
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  Bad Managers, Worse Decisions — Two HR Nightmares That Escalated Fast 28.08.2025 1j 8mnt

  Send us Fan Mail LINKS for context: https://youtu.be/9vGQ1VvylS8?si=to_V9RELAhvz4Gnm https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/s/rrCihdYAtK Ever witnessed management decisions so shocking they leave you speechless? This episode dives into three workplace scenarios that'll make your jaw drop – and your blood boil. First, we discuss why water parks might be the worst team-building venue imaginable. As Warren shares from his experience managing one, "I've seen more tail today than I'd see in an a...