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In this week’s episode on unions: Planet Office: Union Organizer • Union Dudes • A World Without Unions • and more...

• Yes, Sam realizes he said “episode 16” in the intro when he should have said “15”. You can’t fire him, he quits!
• Our closing banter on recent union news could send you down a reading-list rabbit hole. Here’s some pieces on:
  • The ‘surging’ popularity of unions, from Gallup.
  • The New Museum, from Artnet
  • The dog days at Buzzfeed
  • Anchor Beer’s union drive
  • The Vice union
  • Unionization at The New Yorker and the media industry in general
  • The GMG Union
  • The LA Teacher Union strike

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In this week’s episode on customer service: Work It Support Desk • Heaven’s Complaints Dept. • Yelp Reviews from the Animal Kingdom • and more...

• Yes, Sam knows how bad he butchered Amy Klobuchar’s last name. I’m sure she’ll be over to yell at us shortly.
• Were you joyfully ignorant of private prison stocks before this episode? If you wanted proof of the malignancy of humankind, here ya go. And yes, it is patently obvious that investors in them should be burned alive.
• Here’s that Baroness von Sketch scene. Were we unfair? Or are they enemies of the working class? If the latter, blame Sam – Janet put him in charge of misogyny on the show.
• When in doubt, Sam references the old gods of the Cthulhu mythos for a gag. He did it here with Azatoth, he’s done it before, and no doubt he’ll do it again.
• Big Star’s “Thirteen” is a nice song, isn’t it?

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In this week’s episode: dear lord, it’s another clip show, feat: Work It Saloon • Pyramid Schemes • Lessons from Richard Branson • and more...

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In this week’s episode: we’re looking at team-building – what can leaders do to create coherent teams that excel? This episode has literally all the answers. From Punk Rock Team-Building to Biblical character development to leadership lessons from the Lincoln presidency – so much gravitas it’s gravitastic!

• Here’s the article on team-building tips with the super-sweet SSL certificate.
• We do actually want to read Team of Rivals one of these days. No matter how bad the Spielberg movie was.
• It doesn’t come up in the episode, but Sam and his friend Julia also wrote a satirical piece on team-building games for ICE agents. Give them a hit! (Do I mean give the link a hit? Or punch ICE agents? Hmm....)

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In this week’s episode: we’re looking at influencers – that fancy new word we’ve got for hot people in bathing suits promoting unnecessary consumerism. Thank god for disruption! We see some seniors taking on a popular toy reviewer. We learn of the all-pervasive power of The Influence – that ‘force’ that connects all living things. And we relive the horrors of JanetFest – that influencer workshop gone wrong.

• JanetFest is of course referencing things like the Fyre Festival and the similarly doomed workshops of Instagram self-promoter Caroline Calloway.
• If you enjoyed The Influence scene, this wasn’t the first parody of that sci-fi film series: check out Bobal Fett, Job Hunter from the job hunting episode.

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In this week’s episode: we’re looking at entrepreneurship! From entrepreneurship case studies like Juicero, to the history of the world’s first (caveman) entrepreneurs, this is one that will improve the lives of absolutely everyone who hears it – hears it and sends us money. Lots of money.

• The scene about favourite quotes to inspire entrepreneurs draws on this blog post from BigCommerce.
• You probably already know all about the story of Juicero. That said, here’s an update on CEO Doug Evens from Gizmodo.
• You can find the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report that says children should study entrepreneurship here, though we were consulting this Globe & Mail summary – even though they no longer employ any Allemangs, the bums!
• If you enjoyed the Juicero movie trailer, you may like some of our other fake trailers: take the gritty Boss Baby reboot from episode 3, for instance, or Bobal Fett, Job Hunter from the job hunting episode.

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In this week’s episode: we’re looking at innovation! Self check-outs, AI-generated content, and failed innovations from history. That’s right, we look from every angle at how to do silly robot voices.

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In this week’s episode: it’s the Work It holiday party! Karaoke, party etiquette, workplace hook-ups – that there’s the tip of the iceberg! If we can keep those evil O’Driscoll podcasters at bay, that is...

• We give a little bonus nod to our beautiful, attribution-free theme song in the karaoke scene. It’s called Bongo Madness, and it’s buy one Quincas Moreira. Thank you for the madness, Quincas!
• Obviously, if you hear the Work It Saloon sketch, you can see Sam’s been playing too much RDR2. It’s almost inevitable that we’ll start begging for bits soon... Follow us on Twitch and keep yer eyes peeled, pardner.
• If you liked the Red Carpet scene, you might like our “interviews” with Jamie Dimon or John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer from earlier episodes.
• If you liked the etiquette video scene, there are some equally charming vintage educational videos in our First Jobs episode and our Women in the Workplace episode.

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In this week’s episode: a clip show after only six episodes? We wouldn’t dare. Would we? Oh no, we would... Janet’s moving and it’s the holiday season; come on, man, you can’t get blood from a stone!

• The Zenefits email scene and Watercooler Wipeout are from Work It episode 01 on office romance.
• The fake trailer for Bobal Fatt, Job Hunter is from Work It episode 02 on job hunting.
• Leadership Bootcamp and Clips from our TEDtalk are from Work It episode 03 on leadership.
• Apology is from Work It episode 04 on women in the workplace.
• The Lake BlueSky camp counsellor scene and You’re a Grown Up Know educational video scene are from Work It episode 05 on first jobs.
• And finally, last and least, No-Man and Executive Time are from Work It episode 06 on work/life balance.

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In this week’s episode: Executive Time • The Angel & Demon of Work • Bringing Work Home • Mommy Blogger • and more...

• “6 Tips For Better Work-Life Balance” was goofing on this article from Forbes.
• ‘Executive time’ was extensively documented and, frankly, we don’t want to talk about it anymore...
• Here’s the Musky old boy talking about the insufficiency of a 40-hour work week.

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