About this podcast
Let’s be real. Work can be glorious and gutting, hilarious and humbling, exhausting and exhilarating... all before your second coffee.
Hosted by Calli Adamson Bakken and Toby Kheng, Work Sucks is the podcast that asks the same seven questions to different guests each week, in search of the true highlight reel (and blooper reel) of modern work.
This isn’t a corporate love letter or a burnout badge-fest. It’s reflective, funny, sad, disappointing, awkward, and occasionally a bit beautiful.
Just like work itself.
We talk about the wins, the weirdness, and the “what am I even doing here?” moments that define our careers and shape our lives.
Whether you love your job, loathe it, or are just trying to not cry on Zoom again, Work Sucks is here to remind you: you’re not alone, you’re not broken.
Episodes
- Work Sucks x Patrick Joseph Mullarkey (S2, E6) · 1 h 44 min · Season 2 Episode 6Toby has worked with Patrick three times and has vowed never to do it a fourth. Calli met him an hour ago and they're already best friends. This one's for the deep thinkers, with…
- Work Sucks x Joseph Kheng (S2, E4) · 1 h 33 min · Season 2 Episode 4The podcast episode features Joe Kheng as the guest, who shares his experiences and insights related to workplace training, cultural misunderstandings, financial product…
- Work Sucks x Jessica Winder (S2, E3) · 1 h 15 min · Season 2 Episode 3This week on Work Sucks, Calli and Toby sit down with Jessica D. Winder: 14 years in HR, LinkedIn's resident spicy provocateur, and (despite what her posts might suggest)…
- Work Sucks x Laura Jones (S2, E2) · 1 h 18 min · Season 2 Episode 2This week, Calli and Toby are joined by Toby's longtime friend, former colleague, and (by his own ranking) top-three facilitator: Laura Jones. Nearly two decades in the training…
- Work Sucks x Sonia Moore (S2, E1) · 1 h 25 min · Season 2 Episode 1Season two is here and we're opening with Sonia Moore, co-founder of Sytuate and possibly the most gloriously unbothered person we've ever put in front of a mic. Sonia's the HR…
- Work Sucks x Nick Halder (S1, E12) · 1 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 12This week on Work Sucks, we sit down with Nick Halder. Nick makes a compelling, grounded case for why imperfect action beats polished paralysis every time, and what it actually…
- Work Sucks x Peter Laughter (S1, E11) · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 11On this episode of Work Sucks, we sit down with Peter Laughter — lifelong entrepreneur, former staffing-firm owner, and current public speaker who has accumulated enough…
- Work Sucks x Greg Arthur (S1, E10) · 1 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 10On this episode of Work Sucks, we sit down with Greg Arthur, a product strategy and learning innovator who’s seen (and survived) his fair share of workplace chaos. From…
- Work Sucks x Rocket Rudolph (S2, E5) · 1 h 52 min · Season 2 Episode 5The conversation covers the introduction of the guest, Rocket, and his interaction with the hosts. It then delves into Rocket's worst interview experience, followed by his worst…
- Work Sucks x Steve Foulger (S1, E8) · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 8This week on Work Sucks, we sit down with Steven Foulger, a Director of Organizational Transformation and People Services — and the HR guy everyone wishes they’d had. Steven…
- Work Sucks x Kirsty Baggs-Morgan (S1, E7) · 1 h 2 minThis week on Work Sucks, we’re joined by Kirsty Baggs-Morgan — HR consultant, founder of Evolving HR, and the person you desperately wish had been around the last time someone…
- Work Sucks x Holly Norton (S1, E6) · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 6This week on Work Sucks, we’re joined by Holly Norton, VP and client consultant extraordinaire, who proves that workplace chaos can reach truly impressive levels… and still be…
- Work Sucks x Kelly Venkiah (S1, E5) · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 5This week on Work Sucks, we sit down with Kelly Venkiah — corporate HR powerhouse turned mentor and the co-founder of the HR Confidence Club — who has navigated more ethically…
- Work Sucks X Elles Skony (S1, E4) · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 4Ever feel torn between your ethics, your job, and life in general? Elles Skony gets it. On this week’s Work Sucks, she shares how to stay grounded when everything’s chaotic — and…
- Work Sucks x Fraser Duncumb (S1, E3) · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 3This week on Work Sucks, Fraser Duncumb, founder of Wotter, joins us for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious and horrifying. We talk phoned-in trainings, cars driven into…
- Work Sucks x Siobhán Godden (S1, E2) · 56 minOn Episode 2 of Work Sucks, we sit down with Siobhán Godden to talk about the part of work no one glamorizes: the muck you have to move through before things start to make sense…
- Work Sucks x Josh Drean (S1, E1) · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 1This week on Work Sucks, we kick off the podcast with Josh Drean — work futurist, co-author of Employment Is Dead, and proof that you can fight deeply broken work systems without…
- Work Sucks is coming soon! · 4 minLet’s be real. Work can be glorious and gutting, hilarious and humbling, exhausting and exhilarating... all before your second coffee. Hosted by Calli Adamson Bakken and Toby…
