What do you do when your manager asks you to be their reference and the nicest thing you can honestly say is... fine?

This week on Not All Business, it's Casual Friday with Heather, Blakely, and Clay. No guest, no filter, and definitely no shortage of opinions. Two listener sticky situations: one is a workplace reference dilemma with no clean exit, and the other is from an educator asking a question that applies to every workplace: how do you hold people accountable when accountability doesn't actually exist at the top?

Then rapid fire gets spicy. Hot takes on friending your boss, mandatory fun (Heather has strong evidence in favor), and the surprisingly divisive topic of whether to tell someone they have food in their teeth.

Also: Heather has been failing her eye test at the DMV for years. Strategically.

Key Takeaways:

• How to Give a Reference You Can Stand Behind (Without Lying)

• A Trick for Getting Your Manager to Write Their Own Reference Soundbites

• When to Be the Change vs. When to Protect Your Energy

• Hot Take: Should You Friend Your Boss on Social Media?

• Why Mandatory Fun Is Actually Just... Fun, With Waivers

  
  

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