Stupidity at The Holiday Office Party

2015:35 Host James Curtis discusses IS IT DANGEROUS TO TALK ABOUT SUICIDE? With GUEST Richard Ramsey, President of LivingWorks, livingworks.net; Reporter Kimberly Leonard, US News & World Report, usnews.com, discusses her articles, "Americans Still Struggle with Work-Life Balance ...  Show more

In this year’s special holiday episode, Mary and Chris help listeners navigate the Ho Ho Horrors of office life during the holidays. Should you attend the office holiday party? Should you bring an unwilling spouse with you? Should you buy your boss a gift? If so, how much should ...  Show more

It's the work Christmas party season: you're out of the office, and the alcohol is flowing. How can you make sure you don't embarrass yourself (or derail your career)? And how can you bounce back if you do go wrong? Isabel Berwick speaks to FT columnist and veteran party-goer Ste ...  Show more

In today's Awkward Tuesday Phone Call, we’re helping one listener recover from an office holiday party that he says was the “GREATEST NIGHT” of his life… until his boss saw what he was doing…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Sheila Liming talks about the party, social gatherings that occasion joy and dread and various emotions in between. The party is both a pause and an acceleration in the life-work continuum, it can deaden political motivation and engender fresh politics. We discuss the horrible pa ...  Show more