You had questions. Yang and Ashley have answers.

In this special listener Q&A episode, they tackle four real questions submitted by listeners — and get surprisingly real about their own experiences along the way.

First up, what do you do when your manager is too checked out or introverted to plan any team building while every other team in the company is out having a good time? Then they get into the big one — what are your options when you're being sexually harassed and you don't trust HR to handle it? Spoiler: there are more options than you think, and some of them exist outside the company entirely.

From there it's ageism in the interview room, the struggle of breaking into the job market with a so-so GPA and zero experience, and finally — the high performer who's also kind of a nightmare to work with. Can you performance manage attitude? And what happens when a leader just refuses to deal with it?

Real talk, real advice, and yeah — they went on a few tangents. But honestly those are some of the best parts.

Burnout is depression. Yang checked almost every box on the questionnaire — and he didn't even know it until his wife told him. And he's not alone.

In this episode, Yang and Ashley get personal about their own mental health journeys and what it took to step away from corporate before things got worse. Then they get into what employers actually need to know — and do — when an employee is struggling.

They break down the difference between ADA and FMLA, what counts as an invisible disability, how neurodivergent employees are outperforming their peers at companies like JPMorgan and Deloitte, and why the accommodation your employee needs might literally just be a pair of headphones or a better office chair.

They also get into the stuff nobody talks about — the biases that sneak into hiring decisions, what happens when someone works the system (including one wild story involving forged doctor's notes and insurance fraud), and why a good manager should never handle this alone.

If you're an employer, HR pro, or just someone trying to figure out if what you're feeling has a name — this one's for you.

Growing your business is exciting. Picking the wrong HR system to support that growth? Not so much.

In this special episode, Yang and Ashley bring in their HRIS and Ops expert Carla Garrison to break down everything small business owners and HR pros need to know before signing on the dotted line with a new vendor. And trust us — the demo they showed you is not the whole story.

Carla has been on both sides of the table. She's been the wide-eyed ops manager who got wine and dined into a system that didn't do half of what was promised, and she's been the consultant called in five weeks before go-live to clean up somebody else's mess. She's learned the hard way so you don't have to.

They get into the 90/10 rule — why no system will ever do 100% of what you want and why that's actually okay — what questions to ask before you ever sign a contract, why the salesperson and the implementation person need to be in the same room, and why changing vendors every time something goes wrong is like changing your clothes. It costs more than you think and leaves you starting from scratch every time.

Whether you're coming off a PEO, scaling fast, or just tired of doing everything manually — this one will save you time, money, and a whole lot of headaches.