Loading…
Hosted by Ashley Massie and Yang Nam · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 12 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Real workplace stories. Real HR decisions. Every workplace has that moment when someone says, "sounds like an HR problem." This is where we unpack what happens next. Each episode, we walk through a real situation and discuss what happened, how it was handled, what worked, what didn't, and what we'd do differently. The goal isn't perfection — it's perspective. Hosted by Ashley Massie and Yang Nam. Listener stories are encouraged and shared anonymously. For educational purposes only — not legal advice.
Ashley Massie and Yang Nam hosts Sounds Like an HR Problem, a business show with 12 episodes published.
You've hired someone who interviewed great and then completely underperformed on the job. Most managers have. And most of them just hire again without ever asking why it went wrong. In Part 2 of the Hiring and Developmen
Yang bombed his dream job interview. Walked in wearing Chucks and a polo, asked about the pay in the first five minutes, and sat across from five people in suits in a boardroom. He didn't get the job. But he used it. In
Season One is going out with everything we've got. Yang and Ashley are spending the month of July releasing a four-part series on the thing that shapes every team, every culture, and every company outcome — hiring and de
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 u
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 hea
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 smal
Hurricane season is coming and if you're in Houston, you already know what that means. But weather events are just the beginning. In this episode, Yang and Ashley get into the emergency situations that nobody thinks abou
Nobody likes firing people. But if you're in HR or managing a team, it's inevitable. The question isn't whether you'll have to do it — it's whether you're ready when it happens. In this episode, Yang and Ashley get into
When personal beliefs show up at work, political posters in cubicles, religious decorations at the front desk, vocal opinions around the office, things can get complicated fast. In this episode, Yang and Ashley share rea
What do you do when your employee shows up to work drunk? What if it's not so obvious? And who thought it was a good idea to invite the safety manager to do lines on an oil rig? In this episode, Yang and Ashley kick thin
In our first episode, we're not diving into HR stories yet. We're just telling you who we are and how we both ended up in this world — because neither of us planned to. Yang's path started with a spectacularly bombed int
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Sounds Like an HR Problem has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their business audience.
Sounds Like an HR Problem is hosted by Ashley Massie and Yang Nam. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 12 episodes.
Sounds Like an HR Problem has published 12 episodes.
Sounds Like an HR Problem regularly covers business, management. It sits in the business category, with a management focus.
Sounds Like an HR Problem is accessible for guests with genuine business expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Sounds Like an HR Problem hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Sounds Like an HR Problem average 41 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Sounds Like an HR Problem's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 6 days ago.