employee

also referred to as: employees

13 statements across 11 episodes · 7 bullish · 4 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jan 6, 2021 by Jenny Gustafson · across every show →

Everything said about employee, oldest first

Jan 6, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Gustafson: Workers conceal personal distractions out of fear of fallout
“I think men, women, whatever, so many people are so afraid to just say, this is what's going on. I am distracted because they're afraid of the fallout.”
Jenny Gustafson Jan 6, 2021 ▶ 46:46 The Working Mom Gap Nobody Talks About (It's Not the Glass Ceiling)
Jan 6, 2021 negative
Insight
Gustafson: Overworking Employees Prevents Companies From Being Profitable and Sustainable
“Unfortunately, one of the just basic, basic things that so many American companies do not understand is you're not going to be profitable, and you're not going to Have a sustainable company if you work your employees to the ground.”
Jenny Gustafson Jan 6, 2021 ▶ 15:10 The Working Mom Gap Nobody Talks About (It's Not the Glass Ceiling)
Apr 6, 2021 positive
Insight
Weisbrot: Weekly check-in engagement reveals which employees think like managers
“Some of the people will write, like they'll give me real information. Some people won't give me anything. And that also tells me long-term who's thinking like a manager and who's thinking like an employee. Who am I going to be more likely to give opportunities…”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 6, 2021 ▶ 35:15 The 90-Second Story That Gets Investors Curious Enough to Ask
Apr 13, 2021
Insight
Toles: Business NDAs remain enforceable much longer than employee agreements
“The former sorts of NDAs, sort of the business opportunity ones, Tend to be pretty enforceable for a pretty long time. The latter tend to be enforceable for a limited period of time. Usually that period of time is on the order of a couple of years, and usually…”
Cassidy Toles Apr 13, 2021 ▶ 18:12 The Phantom Stock Plan Founders Use Before Going Public
May 10, 2022 positive
Insight
Andersen: Leaders must tell employees what is not changing during transitions
“The second change lever is clarify and reinforce priorities because lots of times when one thing is changing, people assume that everything is changing. So it's really helpful to them to hear what's not changing.”
Erika Andersen May 10, 2022 ▶ 25:26 Why "Difficult, Costly, and Weird" Is Wired Into Your Brain
Aug 2, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bimini: BPS Security Pays Well Above Living Wages
“And we're able to do that because we take very good care of our employees and we pay them well above living wages. And that's what has allowed us to provide a very stable service that the clients are looking for.”
Glenn Bimani Aug 2, 2022 ▶ 1:26 Taught to Survive, Never to Get Ahead: A Poverty Cycle 100 Years in the Making
Mar 21, 2023 positive
Insight
Genas: Founders should design systems assuming staff only work their paid hours
“If you start from the basis that Anyone that you hire or anyone you bring into your business is really just here to do the paid hours and need that support. If you start from that base level, then anyone above that is a bonus and you still covered all basis …”
Daniela Genas Mar 21, 2023 ▶ 13:06 She Tells Clients to Build Teams. She Had None of Her Own.
Mar 21, 2023 negative
Insight
Genas: Founders unreasonably expect new hires to match their passion and initiative
“I say that it's actually one of the problems that a lot of business owners, early stage business owners have when they're starting to build their team is they assume that everybody should have the same level of knowledge, the same level of passion, the same le…”
Daniela Genas Mar 21, 2023 ▶ 10:45 She Tells Clients to Build Teams. She Had None of Her Own.
Jul 12, 2023 positive
Insight
Mark Beneke models his leadership philosophy on the historical baron
“So a baron is essentially the, like, the person that held over a small section of a kingdom. They had, like, their little town, you know, within it, and they were the leader within that town, and they would kind of have people come in and work for them, and th…”
Mark Beneke Jul 12, 2023 ▶ 11:42 Knowledge Without Implementation Is Just Entertainment
Aug 19, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Kwan: Four15 Digital's Core Value Now Prioritizes Employees Over Clients
“One of our values is now if we have to choose its employee over client.”
Borja Kwan Aug 19, 2025 ▶ 10:20 He Fell on His Sword in Front of 20 Employees and It Worked
Oct 14, 2025 positive
Insight
Lechner: Monthly employee AI build presentations drive adoption better than mandates
“It's hard to be top down and tell your employees you need to be using AI. You can't really control what they're doing, and so what they proposed is at the end of each month, everyone needs to either, like, build a new workflow or a product or something using S…”
Ariel Lechner Oct 14, 2025 ▶ 3:39 Most People Know the Hard Call They Need to Make - and Don't
Jun 23, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weisbrot: Workers Not Using AI Will Lose Jobs Within Years
“And I legitimately think they're all going to lose their jobs in the next few years.”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 21:49 60 Days Down to 60 Minutes Changed How Shelton Thinks About His Own Team
Aug 4, 2026 bearish
Insight
Snyder: Employees Deeply Distrust the Confidentiality of Corporate Software Platforms
“There's still tremendous amount of distrust when it comes to tech platforms that a company is deploying and the anonymity, the confidentiality of the interactions that you're having with that which I think in, in some cases is unfounded and in others is well-f…”
Dustin Snyder Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 24:12 Talking to the $25/hr Shop Floor Worker Beat Every Spreadsheet
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