Pls Fix Thx

We’re back! Season 2 of Please Fix Thx is officially right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited! Like everything else in 2021, this promises to be better than the previous edition, so don’t miss out. In this Out of Scope episode, we talk about what we have and haven’t been up to over the holidays and reveal some season 2 topics. If you’re curious about what we’re fixing this time around, be sure to listen to this sneak preview.

If you haven’t listened to all of our Season 1 episodes, binge them before season 2 begins! If someone you know hasn’t listened to all of Season 1 yet, tell them to get to it! If you have any thoughts or suggestions for future topics reach out to us at [email protected], or on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.

In our season #1 finale, we’re coming after job interviews and the corporate recruiting process. You know, those things that you stay up all night stressing out about when you’re looking for a job? Companies are bad at evaluating talent, it turns out. Interviews are really ineffective and biased. Case interviews are even worse, and we’d like to see them go away completely. And why do we need AI in our interview process?! If you’ve ever been discouraged while job hunting or interviewing, we hope you’ll relate, and if you are in charge of a company’s hiring process, we hope you’ll reevaluate your practices.

This is our last episode of season one. To all who listened, thank you so much! We really appreciate all of you. We will be back in 2021. In the meantime, please rate, subscribe, and share this with your friends and family. If you have topic suggestions or feedback for us, reach out to us at [email protected] or @pleasefixthx on instagram.

Sources and shoutouts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-utter-uselessness-of-job-interviews.html

Dana, Jason, Robyn Dawes, and Nathanial Peterson. "Belief in the unstructured interview: The persistence of an illusion." Judgment and Decision making 8.5 (2013): 512.

https://hbr.org/2019/05/your-approach-to-hiring-is-all-wrong

https://hbr.org/2020/01/what-top-consulting-firms-gets-wrong-about-hiring#:~:text=Case%20interviews%20are%20a%20terrible,prediction%20accuracy%20of%20job%20interviewers

https://hbr.org/2020/01/what-top-consulting-firms-gets-wrong-about-hiring

Out of scope work always happens to find you right as you think you’re about to finish a project doesn’t it? Please Fix Thx isn’t immune to it either, but we try to have fun with it here. We’ll wrap up season 1 next week, but until then, please enjoy the second installment of our miniseries where we go rapid fire about a number of topics that don’t deserve a whole episode.

If you’ve ever wondered what a conversation between your favorite podcast hosts sounds like when the mics aren’t on, this episode is for you. We riff and rant about covid life, our loss of liberty and the increasingly fatiguing pursuit of happiness. Raj explains why sourdough sucks and product operations doesn’t. Sanchit jibes at the playstation controller and educates Raj about tofurkeys. This is as raw and unfiltered as we’ve ever been. We hope you like it.

We took a two-week break between episodes but at least it wasn’t a two-week commercial break, right? Back to your regularly scheduled programming! We’re here to talk about advertising - why we’re sick of it, why there’s too much of it, and why it’s ruining our lives. We’re sick of freemium models, surreptitious data collection, and unethical, harmful, profit-driven marketing. We think you probably are too. So quit scrolling through your feed, taking your buzzfeed quizzes, and reading that sponsored content and listen to our latest ad-free episode of Please Fix Thx!

Sources and shout-outs:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/business/media/advertising-industry-research.html

https://www.tintup.com/blog/history-evolution-advertising-marketing/

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-unethical-ethical-advertising-19262.html#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Federal%20Trade%20Commission,they%20promote%20truth%20in%20advertising.

https://www.lawpublish.com/12-key-advertising-related-laws-you-should-know.html

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resources/truth-advertising

https://hbr.org/2013/07/the-ethics-of-using-paid-content-in-journalism

https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy

We’re probably not the most qualified people to talk about Imposter Syndrome, but we did it anyway. This episode is a bit more serious and personal than some of the previous ones that we’ve done, but we feel a lot better after having done it. And we hope you feel better after listening to it! We break down what imposter syndrome is, what all feelings are associated with it, and some tricks to help cope with this.

Sources and Shoutouts:

https://time.com/5312483/how-to-deal-with-impostor-syndrome/

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/working-womans-handbook/overcome-impostor-syndrome

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/10/07/353292408/why-saying-is-believing-the-science-of-self-talk

We took a break last week, but we’re back...to talk about how we could all use another break. This week, we’re breaking down paid time off (or PTO) and how we neither get nor use enough of it. Americans are taking less time off than we were back in the 80s and our mental health is worse for it. We challenge the workplace stigmas surrounding PTO, talk about why unlimited vacation is a scam and discuss the occupational phenomenon that is burnout. Finally, we offer some helpful solutions to help us all take more time off work and focus on ourselves. So take a day off and listen to our latest episode and don’t forget to rate, subscribe and tell your friends about us!

Sources and Shoutouts:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/08/11/troubleshooting-the-post-pandemic-pto-pile-up/#20a5e13e69fa

https://www.goingconcern.com/grant-thornton-new-unlimited-pto-policy-not-designed-get-people-take-less-vacation/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-call-unlimited-vacation-what-really-scam-paul-suggett/

https://www.inc.com/gene-marks/why-unlimited-paid-time-off-is-bad-for-your-employees.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/statista-how-far-behind-us-is-in-paid-time-off-compared-to-the-world.html

CBIZ: Preventing Remote Employee Burnout During Pandemic

Human Resource Executive: HRE’s number of the day: time off in the COVID-era

CDC: How to Cope with Job Stress and Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Welcome to the first episode of our new miniseries “Out of Scope”. We’re so used to doing out-of-scope work in our professional lives that we had to bring it to our podcast too! This miniseries is where we’ll talk about a smattering of current topics that wouldn’t be worth a whole episode by itself. In this episode, we discuss COVID life, Zoom calls, the next Mission Impossible movie and more. 

Let us know what you think by emailing us at [email protected] or messaging us on LinkedIn or Instagram. If you have ideas for future topics you want us to cover, share them with us and you might just hear them on our next episode!

If you aren’t hustling are you really living? The answer is yes. This week, we’re here to tell you we don’t have side hustles and it’s totally cool if you don’t either. We break down some of the biggest myths swirling around side hustles and the gig economy. Also, we bring in our first ever guest - Ayushi Patel, the co-founder and CEO of healthcare startup CenSyn to discuss her experience as a startup co-founder and help explain what the lifestyle and culture is really like. If you’ve come across some ridiculous hustles or been approached to join one, let us know about it by emailing us at [email protected] or dm-ing us on instagram.

Sources and Shout Outs:

https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/12/16041812/startup-culture-side-hustle-uber-4f8bebf258e0

https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestowersclark/2019/07/08/the-uberization-of-work-pros-and-cons-of-the-gig-economy/#7fc9b1881cc7

https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/overview/in-the-news/exploding-myths-about-the-gig-economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/19/here-are-5-myths-about-side-hustles-you-cant-afford-to-ignore.html

Happy Tuesday! Do you want to unlock your ability to influence people? What if we told you we could offer you the secret to making truckloads of money in your spare time? Don’t you want to be in the best shape of your life? We don’t. And frankly, we wish people would stop asking us. 

In our third episode, we’re talking about some of the schemes and scams that are everywhere around us. We’ll break down a few of the most popular types of “Get-Rich-Quick Schemes” and other scams that similarly prey on our insecurities. We discuss how these schemes are so successful and how we as a society can help put an end to these.

If you’ve been approached by someone trying to recruit you into one of these schemes (maybe they promised you “passive income” or quick-hit investing advice, or the ability to “be your own boss”?) tell us about it by emailing at [email protected] or DMing us on Instagram!

Sources and Shout Outs:

Charisma on Command: https://www.charismaoncommand.com/coc-charisma-university/

Tai Lopez: https://www.tailopez.com/flow.php?id=FS-7506&source=topnav

Entrepreneur: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/316396

Welcome back! In our second episode, we discuss the rise and ubiquity of professional certifications. Maybe you’ve felt this way, but it seems like every time we look, there’s another certification we need to get to remain competitive in our field. On a related note, we’re also seeing a burgeoning cottage industry of meaningless certification courses that promise to make us more marketable or hirable (for a “small” fee of course!). If you’ve ever wondered what’s up with that, join us as we talk about how we got here, the scams we’re seeing and potential solutions to the problems of our certification-centric workplace culture.

Sources and Shout Outs:

https://theconversation.com/massive-online-open-courses-see-exponential-growth-during-covid-19-pandemic-141859

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2020/05/26/the-rise-of-e-learning-in-2020/#27a8ea3a7610

https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/edx-mit-and-online-certificates-how-non-degree-certificates-are-disrupting-traditional-university-degree-programs.html

www.thepowermba.com (yes, this is real. No, we don’t endorse it)