Demoted

What does B2B Sales and proposing to your girlfriend have in common? You might be surprised. As connoisseurs of LinkedIn cringe, Ross and Natalie dissect recent outrageous posts and give advice on how you can craft your own cringe on the platform. Ross tells the story of how he was banned from LinkedIn and Natalie reads his departing rage post.

They also answer classic listener submitted questions such as, “What do I do next as a top performer?” and “How do I ask my coworker about their cult?” Stay tuned for travel highlights from Ross’s trip to Portugal and his swashbuckling OOO message.

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To return or not to return? Natalie and Corp discuss the pros and cons of returning to the office and working from home. They reminisce about adjusting to work from home while sharing a living space with others, creating content from quarantine, and dealing with a sudden lack of inspiration. Ross answers a listener submitted question about whether he would recommend pivoting to a career in Sales. While championing the sale profession, he thoroughly explains why it’s not the career for everyone. Stay tuned for a desperate plea to recruit female soccer players, advice on road tripping with your boss, and a follow-up story of Ross getting ill from an underground bathhouse.

Corp and Natalie are back with more terrible boss stories! This time they are reading through Ross’s followers’ submissions. And if we know anything about his predominantly sales audience, we know these stories are going to be epic. The episode also unpacks a spicy sales love-triangle scandal exposed in the most unlikely of places - LinkedIn. Stay tuned to find out what it's like to have Ross and Natalie as your boss. We hear first-hand accounts from their employees telling tales of sweet treats, fart noises, firing directors, and method acting in sketchy hotels.

You might not always see eye to eye with your boss, but after hearing the terrible confessions in this episode, you will be glad they're nothing like these nightmare bosses. Corp and Natalie read through a gauntlet of listener submitted stories uncovering rampant demeaning, violent and misogynistic behavior by managers and so called “leaders”. Stay tuned for a founder dinner fiasco and a light debate on title-only promotions.

Recently back from taking time off, Natalie recaps her trip to Asia with stories of her phone cleanse, Japanese toilets, and a vicious, horny monkey forest. Ross opens up about his recent creative slump and changing up his habits for the better. They also address a juicy Dear Demoted submission about a scandalous coworker sending inappropriate messages to a client’s husband. Stay tuned for thoughts on celebrating birthdays, the oddity of Easter traditions, and the importance of taking time to disconnect from work.

Natalie and Corp discuss the differences working for a little start-up versus a gigantic corporation. Ross “Corpsplains” the various stages of VC funded companies and what to expect when working for companies at each stage. Stay tuned if you want to know how toxic the company culture would be at Natalie and Corp’s own start-up, or why future scientists may consider Ross a god of our time.

Corp and Natalie take time between flights to host a manic rant about work travel. They share their experience traveling for work and give some tips on how to do it best. Stay tuned for Dear Demoted advice, the dos and don’ts of airplane etiquette, and a tirade on dogs on airplanes.

Natalie and Ross discuss their favorite syndrome and effect, that being Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Ross has a new batch of Corporate Confessions to share involving the spicy side of sales kick-offs. Stay tuned for listener advice requests, a kindergarten poison Ivy encounter, and an unhinged school group project.

Ross and Natalie discuss the intricacies of making career pivots and what signs to look out for when it may be time to move on. They address the key factors when deciding if it’s time to make your side-hustle your full-time job. Stay tuned for some unfiltered takes on LinkedIn endorsements, job hopping and business cards. Also, Becky the Biz B*tch stops by for an unhinged interview with the self-employed Sigfried in a new segment.

Natalie and Ross discover that office “romance” is very much alive and maybe a bit out of control. They share listener stories of outrageous hookup confessions, investigate workplace relationship statistics, and give their takes on best practices for pursuing love at work. You may need to take a cold shower after hearing the stories of debauchery in this episode.

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