• Inc: The Cruel Loyalty Tax: Blindsiding Workers Who Stayed at Their Jobs for Years
• Drinks After Work Substack

• Lesley Picchieti, Inspire Bliss Coaching
• Lesley on LinkedIn
• HiHello (digital business card app)
• Popl (digital business card app)
• Drinks After Work Substack

• AARP Report on Ageism in the Workplace
• EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) — eeoc.gov
• Drinks After Work Substack

• The toxic boss profiles you'll recognize immediately (the temper-tantrum thrower, the spotlight hog, the gaslighter, the rule-maker)
• Triangulation — when your boss talks about you instead of to you
• How toxic bosses are literally making employees sick (it's not just stress, it's chronic health damage)
• Why HR's "engagement surveys" are missing the point entirely
• The waterfall effect of bad bosses creating more bad bosses
• How to protect yourself when you're stuck under one

• Recognize the toxic boss profiles before they wreck your health
• Document everything on a personal device (not the work computer)
• Lead with facts over feelings when escalating to HR
• Throw their own expectations back at them when they don't follow their own rules
• Take advantage of ethics hotlines and anonymous reporting if you have them
• Protect your mental and physical health — this is a ripple effect

• Forbes: Toxic Bosses Are Making Employees Sick—And The Evidence Is Impossible To Ignore
• Harvard Business Review: Stop Making Excuses for Toxic Bosses
• Workplace Assessments -

• Korn Ferry
• McKinsey
• Gallup

Pop the tab on something cold and settle in — it's time for another round of Drinks After Work!

This time, we're talking all about:

• The trust recession — why trust is broken everywhere (workplace, brands, insurance, you name it)
• How layoffs during record profits have destroyed employee trust
• Why loyalty means nothing anymore (on both sides of the counter)
• The connection between technology, AI, and the erosion of human trust
• Why relationships at work matter more than ever
• How to rebuild trust one small interaction at a time

In this episode, Shannon and Deborah dive into the trust recession that's eroding the workplace, customer relationships, and pretty much every institution we used to rely on. When CEOs are pulling in 12 figures while laying off thousands, when insurance companies want to put trackers on your car but still raise your rates, when layoffs happen during record profits — trust breaks. And once it breaks at work, it bleeds into everything else. But it's not all doom and gloom. They share how to rebuild trust incrementally, from speaking up for people in their absence to bringing an extra donut to the coworker next to you.

So sip, swig, or chug — and get ready to:

• Recognize the signs that your company's "we're a family" talk is BS
• Stop expecting loyalty from organizations that don't give it back
• Take the first step in building real workplace relationships
• Speak up for people when they're not in the room
• Shop your insurance every few years (loyalty doesn't pay)
• Trust first until you can't — but know when you can't

Because it wouldn't be Drinks After Work without the drinks, here are the FAB:

Shannon: Lemon Drop — Classic lemon drop, hold the sugar on the rim. Deborah: Trust Issues — Vodka, watermelon juice, lime juice, and a little agave syrup.

• Forbes: "The Trust Recession: Why Trust and Customer Experiences Are Failing"