Bree Bartos
Appears in 33 Episodes
They Called It a Merger of Equals | Mike Kline
When Bree's first job out of college went through a merger, she was in her early 20s, running video and social, and wondering whether there would still be a job for he...
Maliciously Compliant at Work | Reacting to Reddit at Work
A VP tells the IT team they have to come into the office on the Fourth of July because, in her words, it's just IT and they don't have lives. So the team lead asks if ...
Being Delulu Online is the Solulu | Sarah Whittle & Yanni Pappas
Welcome back for Season 4 of Why Does It Feel So Wrong to be Human at Work?! Bree's kicking off this season with a question: Why does it feel so wrong to post about ou...
Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Be a Woman at Work? | Regine Nelson
For this one, Bree kicked the boys out. In this bonus episode of Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Be Human at Work?, host Bree Bartos is joined by Jen Samuel, Senior Accou...
Why Does It Feel So Nerve-Wracking to Change Things Up?
Big changes are coming to Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Be Human at Work? and this episode is where we tell you all about them. In this wrap-up episode of Between the S...
I've Created a Problem (No, You Revealed One) | Reddit at Work
A manager hires a young, inexperienced salesperson hoping to train him up just enough to help grow the team. It works. Too well. Now senior leadership feels threatened...
There's Always a Voice Telling You to Get Back to Work | Bill Kuehler
Connect with Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billkuehler/ He thought leaving corporate America for a startup would mean more balance. What he got instead was a bedr...
I Don't Want to Be Your Friend, I'm Trying to Do My Job | Lottie Bazley
A manager gets promoted from peer to boss. He switches the team from weekly meetings to daily. He opens every single one by asking about hobbies, dinner, the dog. He t...
The Emotions You Show at Work vs. Your Real Ones | Lottie Bazley
Connect with Lottie! Visit her LinkedIn. You've probably done it today already. Pretended to be confident in a meeting when you weren't. Acted thrilled about someone's...
The Catch-Up Episode | Conference Season Edition
No guest, no Reddit story, no agenda. Just Pinaki, Chris, and Bree catching up after a packed stretch of conference season, and somehow landing on some of the most use...
Is Walking Away From a Toxic Client Admitting Defeat? | Chuck Gose
Someone posts on the consulting subreddit: they wake up every morning with a literal pit in their stomach knowing they have to deal with their client. Seven weeks in. ...
The Problem Is Never the Problem | Chuck Gose
When a client relationship turns difficult, it almost never starts with the thing you're actually arguing about. There's a manager behind the scenes applying pressure....
The One With the Office Tickler | Reacting to Reddit at Work
A coworker crawled under her desk to fix a power strip. She slipped her heels off, got down on the floor, and made herself vulnerable for two seconds. And that's when ...
What It Actually Costs to Be Human at Work | Ellen Griley, Part 2
Last week Ellen Griley gave us the framework. This week she gets personal. In this Between the Seasons episode of Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Be Human at Work?, Pina...
Your Employees Are Already Triggered Before They Open Their Laptops | Ellen Griley
Your employees are arriving at work already on edge. Not because of anything you did. Because of everything else — the news, the economy, the climate, the layoffs, th...
Radical Acceptance Isn't About Giving Up | Dr. Matt Zakreski
The Reddit post was titled: "Having a job and autistic ADHD burnout is killing me." And it read exactly like you'd expect — work is exhausting, home is falling apart, ...
Be Curious, Not Furious | Dr. Matt Zakreski
One in five people are neurodivergent. Which means right now, roughly 20% of your organization's brains are working differently than the systems around them were desi...
My Job Is Depending on Me Too Much | Reddit at Work | Jen Samuel
You're training new hires, flying out to meet clients, handling escalations, and you just finished a three-month certification on your own time. Your title hasn't cha...
A Team of One Is Not a Team | Jen Samuel
What does it actually cost to be a team of one — not just in productivity, but in your mental health, your sense of self, and your ability to do the work you were hire...
My Best Friend Tried To Steal My Job | Part 2
Last week, Bree read a Reddit story about a young creative whose best friend went to their manager and used her private insecurities against her to try to take her job...