In our confidential listening sessions with Hear Me Out’s clients, people share all kinds of stories—from “workplace trauma” to Slack meltdowns. The open-ended, one-to-one format makes it easy to open up about their hopes, fears, and aspirations. And the insights are a gold mine for our clients’ leaders and employees alike.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, they’re also under NDA.
That’s why today, we’re launching Work Face. It’s a new podcast with unfiltered stories from expert guests about their most vulnerable moments at work, and what the rest of us can learn from their experience.
Moments like this marketing manager’s first experience with crunch in tech:
“There was one week that I put in 90+ hours for this launch. I was commended for my work with a $20 gift card to Amazon.”
Or the time this major-label talent scout ended up on the wrong side of an SVP:
“I felt so shaken in my own taste that I had been confident enough to stand up for, and I was like, maybe I don’t know anything.”
The show launches with three episodes:
“Luckpilling the Meritocracy” features Dr. Aaron Rabinowitz, Ethics Director at the Creator Accountability Network, sharing his experience in off-Broadway theater and discussing his groundbreaking research on “luckpilling”—a radical new way of thinking about success, failure, and who deserves help.
“Forum Drama in the Work Slack” welcomes fandom expert and writer Allegra Rosenberg (The Atlantic, National Geographic, The New York Times) as she reveals her experience as a major label talent scout and explains the hidden risks of off-topic Slack channels.
“Wellness Is Caring For Each Other” follows freelance journalist Ashwin Rodrigues (GQ, The New York Times, Vice, Wired) on his journey from burned-out tech worker to wellness culture critic, exploring why corporate wellness programs often miss the mark.
Work Face is available now on iTunes, Spotify, and all major platforms.