In this final episode of the anonymous stories series, host Jen Van Horn is joined by mystery co-host Luis Miranda to share more listener submissions and Reddit finds covering everything from LinkedIn hypocrisy to cash payments gone wrong.
This episode covers:
- Social media authenticity: A client who posts about work-life balance on LinkedIn while messaging across multiple platforms at all hours, highlighting the disconnect between public personas and actual behavior
- Toxic workplace dynamics: Stories of companies using layoffs as manipulation tactics, promotions without pay raises, and the satisfaction of watching terrible employers fail
- Professional boundaries: The importance of setting clear communication limits, using proper contracts, and not answering work calls/emails outside business hours
- Screen sharing disasters: A hilarious tale of a client accidentally showing 23 porn tabs during a presentation while doing "research" for a Pornhub marketing campaign
- Payment nightmares: A marijuana company client paying $5,000 in cash through a bikini-clad girlfriend at a hotel, leading to awkward money-splitting scenarios and eventual ghosting
- Budget overruns: An account manager caught with a $50,000 project overage, emphasizing the importance of transparent client communication about costs
- Sales vs. creative tensions: Stories of sales teams over-promising while sidelining creatives, and the rare satisfaction when clients demand to hear directly from the creative team
- Payment structures: Detailed discussion of 50-25-25 payment schedules, the importance of upfront payments, and strategies for protecting yourself from difficult clients
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