Yes, pensions still exist. And yes, you need to check out this company that still offers them!

In this episode, Jena chats with Globe Life's Chief Talent Officer, Rebecca Zorn, about living the company’s mission to Make Tomorrow Better, empowering tenacious team players, and strategic hiring.

What you'll learn:

• How Globe Life operates and evolves as a 125-year old company
• The service-oriented, collaborative, empowerment-driven culture that rewards tenacity and continuous improvement
• Why internal mobility thrives - with Rebecca's sharing her own unconventional path
• Details on the pension (vests after 5 years for lifetime income at 65), plus 401(k) match and more
• Leadership programs like Accelerate, Activate, Ignite (with SMU) and mentoring
• All of the upcoming hiring initiatives!

Globe Life highlights:

Founded: 1900

HQ: McKinney, TX

Team Size: ~4,000 employees + 16,500 independent agents

Work Model: Employees in 43 states; remote, hybrid, or on-site by role

Culture Values: Service-oriented, collaborative, empowerment-driven, accountable, integrity-focused, tenacious

Unique Perks & programs:

• Active pension plan
• 401(k)
• Employee life insurance
• Traditional health benefits
• Subsidized fitness memberships via WellHub
• Leadership development: Accelerate (new leaders), Activate (high-potentials), Ignite (senior leaders with Southern Methodist University courses)
• Skills-based internal mobility and emerging leader pipeline in development

To learn more about Globe Life:

Careers Page (They're hiring!)

LinkedIn Page

Rebecca's LinkedIn Profile

If your idea of a great job includes loud sales pods, laughter, C-suite connections, and a built-in winter break, you’ll want to hear this one.

The Millennium Alliance designs intimate, five-star events where buyers and sellers actually sit down together behind closed doors. Jena chats with VP of HR, Victoria Albuquerque, about the company’s 12-year journey from three events to dozens each year, the “team sport” mindset that drives performance, and why they’re gearing up to double in size.

What you’ll learn:

• What The Millennium Alliance actually does for buyers and sellers at their events
• How the company grew from three events to 40–50 in the US and 10–12 in Europe
• What it’s like to work on a loud, open sales floor with leaders “in the trenches”
• How early-career salespeople build real relationships with Fortune 500 executives
• Why internal mobility, hands-on coaching, and recognition are core to the culture
• How the team is preparing to double headcount in the next 12–18 months

The Millennium Alliance highlights:

Founded: 2014
Team Size: <200 employees globally
HQ: New York City
Work Model: Primarily in-office with employees across the US and Europe
Culture: Supportive, fun, high-performing, “team sport environment,” ambitious and human

Unique Perks & programs:

• Heavy focus on sales and leadership training and development
• Real internal mobility: entry-level sales to running departments over time
• Daily access to senior executives and decision makers as core to the role
• Co-founders on the sales floor and leaders “in the work” with real-time coaching
• Weekly shoutouts, employee-of-the-month and year-end awards
• Team events, offsites, company outings, volunteer days
• Dedicated employee for culture and engagement
• Wellness initiative: extra 20 minutes at lunch for the gym or personal time
• Company-wide shutdown over end-of-year holidays without using PTO

To learn more about The Millennium Alliance:

• Careers Page (They're hiring!)
• Linkedin Page
• Victoria's Profile

I'm obsessed with this company.

Truly.

Not just because of what they do - but how they operate.

Meet Ashby, the all-in-one ATS with CRM, scheduling, surveys, analytics, and onboarding.

In this episode, Jena Dunay talks with Jim Miller, VP of People and Talent, about their document-first async culture, "frustratingly patient" hiring, and randomized offsite dinners that accidentally became tradition.

What you'll learn:

• How Ashby's async remote model uses documents over meetings and communication norms for Slack, email, and Docs
• The power of "frustratingly patient" hiring focused on quality over speed
• Randomized offsite dinners and company trips that build real connections
• Jim's exact pitch strategy that got him hired at Ashby after being their customer
• Transparent job descriptions that tell candidates why NOT to apply

Ashby Highlights:

Founded: 2018
Team Size: 250+ employees across 28 countries
HQ: San Francisco, California
Work Model: Fully asynchronously remote
Culture: Intentionally transparent, autonomous, impact-focused
Unique Perks & Programs:

• Company-wide offsites (Mexico trip with family option)
• Randomized dinners at offsites
• Professional development budgets for all
• Internal job alerts before public posting
• No time-based hiring quotas, quality first

To learn more about Ashby:

• Careers Page (They're hiring!)
• Linkedin Page
• Jim's Profile