Workplace comedy meets corporate horror. In “Control Issues Everywhere, Part 1,” Under NDA dishes up two jaw dropping tales of bad boss behavior, toxic management fails, and HR nightmares.

Stories in this episode:

1. “Consistently Unreasonable” – Meet the manager who decided that 5:30 a.m. (!) was the perfect time for a mandatory, cameras on weekly meeting…for a totally local team with zero emergencies. (Spoiler: the whole thing goes off the rails, and the cameras do, too.)
   
   
   
2. “The Manager Who Faked a Data Breach” – Think phishing drills are harmless? Try a newbie boss who impersonates the CEO, dangles a $100 carrot, and then publicly shames the click-happy victims on a leaderboard.

Sprinkled between the stories: spicy takes on grind culture, quiet-quitting survival tips, and the kind of unfiltered banter that’ll make your next Zoom call feel tame.

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A wise woman once said- “no career has ever been made at a corporate event, but many a career has been lost…”

So what happens when a brand-new hire dazzles and then detonates before Day 1 even arrives? And how do you handle an HR crusade that suddenly outlaws every hug, even though it’s part of company culture?

This week, game-industry insider Andrew K. joins us to discuss these “too much, too soon” scenarios. We tease out where the line between healthy enthusiasm and instant career suicide really lies, and Andrew shares the playbook he’d use as a manager:

• spotting the red flags before an off-site implodes,
• salvaging culture without swinging the policy hammer, and
• coaching teams to read the room, without killing the vibe.

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What if the developer everyone praises for flawless code has never actually touched the codebase?

What if the “always online” analyst shows up in every system log, yet never lifts a finger?

And what if a harmless looking expense line hides the boldest reimbursement request your finance team has ever seen?

Veteran marketing leader Kat Stratford joins us to dissect three workplace stories where perks overshadow the work itself.

Together we sift clues, debate motives, and tease out the leadership lessons buried beneath the smoke and mirrors. By the end, you’ll rethink what “reliable” really means, and see why transparency still beats trickery, even in an AI-driven world.

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