Work Appropriate

Are work friends overrated? How can you manage the awkwardness of your friend becoming your boss? And is it possible to have a work fling without it ending in disaster? Tre'vell Anderson, co-host of What A Day and author of We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer all things friendship.

For those of us who are pet lovers, a good vet clinic makes all the difference. But for those working in vet clinics, things can be really hard. In fact, veterinarians have a risk of death by suicide at a rate 2-4 times that of the general public. How did things get to be this way, and what hope is there for improvement? Dr...

Few things are more nerve-wracking than getting laid off. But odds are, most of us will be laid off at some point in our lives. So how can we prepare? And when it happens, how do we cope?

If you have ADHD, autism, Tourette's, a traumatic brain injury, or another one of many neurological differences, navigating workplace culture can be a huge challenge. Faith Saenz, founder of NeuroTalent Consulting, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer listeners' questions about being neurodivergent at work.

We've received so many questions about awkward/mean/offensive/weird things your coworkers have said and done... that we had to make a whole episode about just that.

If you spend a lot of your life doing something, it's natural to care about it! But sometimes the amount we care about our jobs does not match the way our jobs care about us. So when you come to the realization you need to care a little less about your job... how do you actually do that? Simone Stolzoff, author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life From Work, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer questions from listeners who want to dial down the caring.

We're diving into the wide, wondrous, and often deeply messed up world of non-profits.

If your boss is making your life hard, you've probably heard the advice to "manage up." Should everyone be spending more time cultivating their managing up skills? Or should managers just be spending more time figuring out what’s actually going on in their department? Alaina Fuld, Sr. Manager for Communications & Community Impact at Brooks Running (and one of AHP's BFFs), joins host Anne Helen Petersen for tips on work with your boss to get what you need.

Learning how to work or manage or collaborate remotely is a very real skill-- but for many workers and organizations, it had to happen overnight, with no training or preparation. Three years after the start of the pandemic, companies want to go back to "normal," and workers aren't so into the idea. Marissa Goldberg, founder of Remote Work Prep, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer listener questions about how to make remote work better.

The state of paid parental leave in the U.S. is abysmal. And advocating for it, coordinating it, and scraping it together more often than not falls to mothers. Raena Boston, co-founder of Chamber of Mothers, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer questions from listeners about advocating for paid leave, how to plan for your leave, and whether you can start-- or quit-- a job while you're pregnant.