Corporate Rehab

Namhee came prepared this week with some questions for Michael about what should or shouldn't be tolerated in the workplace. Is it okay for someone to take a 2.5 hour lunch? Or to fundraise for their kids at work? Take a listen to see what they both think!

Michael brings up the tougher parts of walking away from his corporate career and together he and Namhee discuss their personal highs and lows as they find their new directions.

Namhee and Michael take some time to check in with themselves and each other to see how they're feeling about things after a few months of doing the podcast.

This week we dive into the divisive WeDash program, where DoorDash requires all employees to complete one dash per month, and lightly roast one engineer who thinks it's just all too much. If a job needs to be done, why don't we value it?

Referenced articles:

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/DoorDash-requires-engineers-to-deliver-food-16732012.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3l8ryoukKk8Nr9f168QPy7qQbwk8ciGmaeXHLSCpHy2rnnjOUoRqwnCYM

https://www.businessinsider.com/doordash-employee-making-400k-complains-about-one-delivery-a-month-2021-12

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/business/doordash-all-employees-delivery/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2021/12/29/doordash-food-deliveries-engineers-executives-ceo/9045901002/

https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/citi-2018/the-american-economy-is-experiencing-a-paradigm-shift/2008/#:~:text=Last%20year%2C%20the%20services%20sector,GDP%20in%20the%20United%20States.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doordash-will-require-all-workers-to-deliver-goods-or-perform-other-gigs-and-some-of-them-arent-happy-11640300491

Namhee and Michael pick up where they left off last week, discussing the effects of diversity, why DEI efforts seem to fall short, and wonder, "Why is Corporate America in charge of this?"

Referenced articles:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2021/03/29/top-4-reasons-diversity-and-inclusion-programs-fail/?sh=61eefeae7c84

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/03/31/5-reasons-why-diversity-programs-fail/?sh=117f4943637d

https://hbr.org/amp/2021/05/are-your-companys-di-efforts-shallow

If there is one thing Corporate America was talking about in 2020 it was DEI. A global response pushed companies into deciding where they lie on the social spectrum, having to answer the question, "Is racism bad?" (We can help them out, yes, it is.) 2022 marks two years since the civil unrest around George Floyd, what shape are these DEI programs in now?

Referenced articles:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2021/03/29/top-4-reasons-diversity-and-inclusion-programs-fail/?sh=61eefeae7c84

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/03/31/5-reasons-why-diversity-programs-fail/?sh=117f4943637d

https://hbr.org/amp/2021/05/are-your-companys-di-efforts-shallow

Namhee and Michael discuss the effects that upward mobility as the only option has had on the US workforce. Companies watching their bottom line spend an inordinate amount of money on people doing jobs they're likely not doing as well as they could have been if they had been properly prepared. So what happened to the managers?

Articles referenced:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/manager-work-life-changes/620096/

https://hbr.org/2016/09/excess-management-is-costing-the-us-3-trillion-per-year

Mergers and acquisitions can be scary, and rightfully so! Having been through a few, Namhee and Michael discuss their experience, their feelings, and give some tips on how to survive, but also, do you even want to work here now?!

Referenced article:

https://hbr.org/2017/03/surviving-ma 

Namhee and Michael talk the ever-evolving situation at Better.com, starting with CEO Vishal Garg's history, and how they found themselves in the position they're in today. How are people still not realizing their internal communications are just a click away from being a viral news story?

Referenced articles:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2020/11/20/mortgages-fraud-claims-and-dumb-dolphins-a-tangled-past-haunts-bettercom-ceo-vishal-garg/?sh=328964b10f44

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/business/better-ceo-fires-employees/index.html

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Better-com-CEO-publicly-shamed-workers-16679500.php

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/900-bettercom-employees-learn-jobs-are-eliminated-zoom-call-rcna7738

Garg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalgargbetter

Namhee and Michael dive into some statistics around the number of people that quit their jobs in part of 2021 and talk about what those people might be doing now.

Article discussed: https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/new-data-finally-shows-why-people-are-quitting-their-jobs-its-definitely-not-because-theyre-lazy.html

Namhee and Michael discuss their professional pasts, how they met and became friends, and what the future of the podcast holds.