Work Sucks

This week on Work Sucks, we sit down with Nick Halder. Nick makes a compelling, grounded case for why imperfect action beats polished paralysis every time, and what it actually looks like to build a culture where experimentation is expected, not feared. But this conversation goes deeper than permission to try things. It's about what it means to take work seriously enough to test it, to question it...

On this episode of Work Sucks , we sit down with Peter Laughter — lifelong entrepreneur, former staffing-firm owner, and current public speaker who has accumulated enough leadership lessons to fill several very candid management manuals.  With a mix of charm, honesty, and the kind of perspective only earned by surviving a thousand tiny workplace implosions, Peter breaks down what great leadership...

On this episode of Work Sucks , we sit down with Greg Arthur, a product strategy and learning innovator who’s seen (and survived) his fair share of workplace chaos. From passionately debating the correct pronunciation of “Blink-182” to reliving the unforgettable era of the piano-key necktie, Greg brings humor, insight, and a surprising amount of nostalgia to the table.  Greg spills on his worst on...

Work Sucks x Dan Riley (S1, E9)

This week on Work Sucks , we sit down with Steven Foulger, a Director of Organizational Transformation and People Services — and the HR guy everyone wishes they’d had. Steven wasn’t just hired into HR… he was handpicked for it, thanks to his uncanny, almost superhero-level ability to solve workplace problems with empathy, clarity, and a people-first mindset that makes every HR stereotype shrivel u...

This week on Work Sucks , we’re joined by Kirsty Baggs-Morgan — HR consultant, founder of Evolving HR, and the person you desperately wish had been around the last time someone asked you to “mediate” a full-blown office fish fight. Yes… an actual fish fight. We go there.  Kirsty brings the perfect mix of humor, heart, and “are-you-kidding-me” stories as she walks us through the wildest requests sh...

This week on Work Sucks , we’re joined by Holly Norton, VP and client consultant extraordinaire, who proves that workplace chaos can reach truly impressive levels… and still be handled with grace. Holly opens up about the challenge of being “Frozen Out” by a boss — that silent treatment that makes every workday feel like a survival game — and how she navigated it with grit, humor, and strategy.  F...

This week on Work Sucks , we sit down with Kelly Venkiah — corporate HR powerhouse turned mentor and the co-founder of the HR Confidence Club — who has navigated more ethically questionable workplace situations than any one person should reasonably be expected to endure. Kelly brings the perfect blend of warmth, wit, and “oh dear God, that really happened?” storytelling as she walks us through the...

Ever feel torn between your ethics, your job, and life in general? Elles Skony gets it. On this week’s Work Sucks , she shares how to stay grounded when everything’s chaotic — and how to turn uncontrollable moments into productive ones.  Expect humor, real talk, and practical strategies to keep your cool without losing yourself. If work has ever left you stressed, conflicted, or overwhelmed… this...

This week on Work Sucks , Fraser Duncumb, founder of Wotter, joins us for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious and horrifying. We talk phoned-in trainings, cars driven into buildings (yes, really), and how trauma at work isn’t just personal, it can be crowd-sourced . Fraser will make you appreciate the normal, forgettable days of work by sharing some truly strange situations.   Expect laugh...

On Episode 2 of Work Sucks , we sit down with Siobhán Godden to talk about the part of work no one glamorizes: the muck you have to move through before things start to make sense.  Siobhán shares how our paths often find us because of the difficult stretches — the terrible boss you have to wait out, the endless “hurry up and wait” moments, and the seasons where progress feels stalled but isn’t. Ra...

This week on Work Sucks , we kick off the podcast with Josh Drean — work futurist, co-author of Employment Is Dead , and proof that you can fight deeply broken work systems without losing optimism about what comes next.  Josh joins us to set the foundation for Work Sucks : an honest look at how we consistently fail to create workplaces that serve the humans who make them run and why that failure i...

Let’s be real. Work can be glorious and gutting, hilarious and humbling, exhausting and exhilarating... all before your second coffee. Hosted by Calli Adamson Bakken and Toby Kheng , Work Sucks is the podcast that asks the same seven questions to different guests each week, in search of the true highlight reel (and blooper reel) of modern work. This isn’t a corporate love letter or a burnout badge...