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Born on this day!! Fiddler Doug Kershaw is 86. Singer Ray Stevens is 83. Singer Aaron Neville is 81. Singer Neil Diamond is 81. Actor Michael Ontkean (“Twin Peaks”) is 76. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 72. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 71. Actor William Allen Young (“Code Black,” “Moesha”) is 68. Keyboardist-turned-TV personality Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 64. Actor Nastassja Kinski is 61. Drummer Keech Rainwater of Lonestar is 59. Comedian Phil LaMarr (“Mad TV”) is 55. Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 52. Actor Matthew Lillard (“Scooby-Doo,” ″She’s All That”) is 52. Actor Merrilee McCommas (“Friday Night Lights,” ″Family Law”) is 51. Singer Beth Hart is 50. Actor Ed Helms (“The Office”) is 48. Actor Christina Moses (“A Million Little Things”) is 44. Actor Tatyana Ali (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 43. Guitarist Mitchell Marlow of Fliter is 43. Actor Carrie Coon (“Leftovers”) is 41. Actor Daveed Diggs (“black-ish”) is 40. Actor Justin Baldoni (“Jane The Virgin”) is 38. Actor Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”) is 36.

THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY

41 – Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.
1848 – Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter’s mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.
1908 – Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1943 – The Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded.
1965 – Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
1972 – Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.
1986 – Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
1993 – The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.
2003 – The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.

Today Is: Beer Can Day, Belly Laugh Day, International Day of Education, International Mobile Phone Recycling Day, National Compliment Day, National Peanut Butter Day, Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day, World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)

CBS – 8:00 – The Neighborhood  /  8:30 – Bob Hearts Abishola  /  9:00 – NCIS  /  10:00 – NCIS Hawaii
NBC – 8:00  – Kenan  /  8:30 – Kenan  /  9:00 – That’s My Jam  /  10:00 – Ordinary Joe
ABC – 8:00 – The Bachelor  /  10:00 – The Promise Land
FOX – 8:00 –  911 Lone Star  /  9:00 – The Cleaning Lady
CW – 8:00 –  March  /  9:30 – 4400

TV Talk Shows

Jimmy Kimmel: Lady Gaga, Jake Tapper
Jimmy Fallon: Tiffany Haddish, Paris Hilton, Earl Sweatshirt
Stephen Colbert: Kristen Stewart, Jonathan Van Ness
Seth Meyers: Milo Ventimiglia, James Austin Johnson, Larnell Lewis
James Corden: David Arquette, Jackie Kashian
Watch What Happens Live: Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller
The View: Nicole Byer
The Talk: TBA
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Kristen Stewart, Lacey Chabert
Ellen DeGeneres: Andrew Garfield, Sherri Shepherd
Wendy Williams: Guest host Sherri Shepherd
The Real: Marcus Scribner, guest co-host Earthquake
Drew Barrymore: Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, Sarita Choudhury, Kym Whitley, Finesse Mitchell, Sydney Sweeney

WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!

QUESTION: Did we NEED this??? M&M’s are becoming more “woke” and “inclusive!!” Will they now include REESE’S PIECES and SKITTLES?? 

 

QUESTION: Was it DIVINE INTERVENTION? A man walking down the street carrying his own severed ARM is saved by two city workers!!

 

QUESTION: Did we just watch TOM BRADY’S LAST GAME? The GOAT sez he’s “taking time off” before committing to another season!!!

 

QUESTION: Tired of your mini-van? Try one of THESE!! Kanye has a custom Mercedes mini-van that cost him a cool $400,000!! (Lotta cupholders!)

QUESTION: Think mask mandates are BALONEY?? Here’s a mask you’re gonna WANT: The new Oscar Meyer BEAUTY MASK!! Not kidding!!

Pete Davidson Owns His Own Ferry

A retired Staten Island Ferry boat put up for auction by New York City was bought by Saturday Night Live stars Colin Jost and Pete Davidson, along with a club owner.  A representative for Jost, Davidson and Stand comedy-club co-owner Paul Italia confirmed the trio were the ones who placed the winning $280,100 bid for the John F. Kennedy, which shuttled commuters between Staten Island and Manhattan for 50 years before being retired due to “mechanical issues” in August.  The boat’s mechanical problems are not expected to be an issue, however, as the buyers plan to find it a permanent waterfront home and convert it into a live entertainment space and event venue.  The rep said the 5,200-person capacity boat would host comedy performances, art events and serve food.
********Didn’t we just say that Pete should buy it?? (Yes, we did!!!)
*****Just when you thought it was safe in New York Harbor!!
*******In case of an emergency, Kim Kardashian’s ass may be used as a flotation device!!

Schwarzenegger Involved In Crash

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s representative said he’s “fine” after a multi-vehicle car collision.  “He is fine, his only concern right now is for the woman who was injured,” his publicist told People.com.  The Los Angeles Police Department said four vehicles were involved in the incident and one woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for an abrasion on her head.  Police said neither alcohol nor drugs were believed to have been factors in the crash.  TMZ reported Schwarzenegger was driving a Yukon sport utility vehicle and making a left at the time if the collision, which caused him to roll over onto a Prius and a Porsche Cayenne.
******We KNOW Arnold’s OK!! Are the CARS alright???
********Maybe he thought it was a movie stunt!!!
*****It’s hard to drive with a tumor!! That IS a tumor, right???

Nick and Priyanka Have Baby By Surrogate

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have announced the birth of their first child together.  “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate,” both Nick Jonas and Chopra said Friday on their Instagram accounts.  “We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much,” they continued.  They were married in December 2018 and had two wedding ceremonies, one Christian and one Hindu. Nick Jonas is the latest Jones Brother to welcome a baby. Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle Jonas are the parents to 7-year-old daughter Alena Rose and 5-year-old daughter Valentina Angelina.  Joe Jonas and his wife, Sophie Turner, announced the birth of their 1-year-old daughter Willa in July 2020.  See the post HERE.
********We had a baby by surrogate, too!! We were married to her!!!
******That’s called a “womb for rent!!!”

Mission Impossible Films Delayed

Tom Cruise’s next two “Mission: Impossible” films have been delayed once again due to the ongoing pandemic.  Paramount Pictures and Skydance announced Friday that the release of “Mission: Impossible 7” will be pushed from Sept. 20 to July 14, 2023. “Mission: Impossible 8,” previously set for July 2023, will instead open June 28, 2024.  The date shift comes as somewhat of a surprise, as the “Mission: Impossible 7″ set was noted for being among the first productions to safely resume filming as the virus continued to spread.  It was reported early last year that Cruise, a producer on the flicks, enlisted robots to help him enforce safety protocols on the movie sets, having dropped “huge sums” of money to do so.  Furthermore, he reportedly shelled out $700,000 for the film’s cast and crew to live on cruise ships in order to maintain isolation.  Shooting on “Mission: Impossible 7” was put on hiatus in early 2020 because of COVID-19. After filming resumed in the summer of 2020, principal photography ultimately concluded by September 2021.  The franchise planned to shoot the seventh and eighth films back-to-back but reportedly scrapped the ambitious plans nearly a year ago due to the pandemic. Cruise has since been seen filming for the eighth flick.
*****The only thing that’s “impossible” is finishing these movies!!!
*****Tom’s fans may all be dead by the time these come out!!!
*******he can hang off the side of an airplane… but he’s afraid of a little ole virus???

Prince William Spearheaded Andrew’s Ban From Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth II is turning to her heir amid Prince Andrew’s ongoing sexual assault case.  Royal expert Kristin Contino recently made this claim, saying the reigning monarch has been relying on Prince William for advice. Contino also says the Duke of Cambridge was involved in the decision to strip his uncle of his military affiliations and royal patronages.  “William, in fact, was very involved in this decision, and it’s been said that he met with the queen in person ahead of their announcement that came out last week,” Contino reported to Us Weekly. “I think that really shows – and I think that’s interesting – his growing influence and how she trusts his judgment and is looking for his advice.  “And I think that’s a great sign of things to come for William and how much she is relying on talking to him and his counsel,” Contino added.  “Charles, of course, was involved in that decision too,” the author told the outlet. “But I think [what] a lot of people thought was interesting is William’s heavy involvement in that. So I think she really is leaning on her two heirs at this time [to] help make those sort of big family decisions.”
*********She’s probably leaning a bit more heavily on William, since he has a functioning brain!!
*****When asked about Andrew, Charles said: “What do I care?? I’m married to a horse!!!”
********Andrew is a great example of what happens when cousins marry!!

Adele Facetimes With Fans In Vegas

Adele struggled to hold back tears as she spoke with fans who had schlepped to Las Vegas to see her perform on Thursday only to have the show canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice.  One call took place in a pop-up store selling merchandise such as $50 t-shirts, sweatshirts ranging in price from $90 to $110, and $75 bottles of her favorite Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir wine, which usually sells for $40. Each ticket holder received a free gift bag designed to take the sting out of having her abruptly pull out of her performance.  When the fans gushed about the store she told them: “Don’t buy anything, you’ve already spent enough f—ing money.”  In another call, Adele offered a free drink token to a pair of disappointed concert-goers before quickly reneging on the proposal after realizing they were underage. She did however tell them that she put her heart and soul into the production.  “I love you too, I’m so sorry and I can’t wait to meet you, alright,” the Grammy winner said. “Get your free bag – and you’re not old enough to drink are you so you can’t have that free drink token.  Reports have surfaced that Adele clashed with the venue who wanted her to perform her Oscar-winning song “Skyfall” with a 60-member choir, while she was looking to keep the performance “low-key” and “all about the voice.”  See the video HERE.
********At the end of the call, she said: “SO LONG, SUCKERS!!!”
******Roger Friedman on SHOWBIZ 411 says the concerts were canceled due to lack of ticket sales!! Who knows??
MEANWHILE, there are reports of friction between Adele and her set designer, and that the shows were “headed for disaster!!!”

Andrew And Charles Once Fought Over The Throne

Princes Andrew and Charles once battled over the bathroom, and the royal row got so heated the Queen had to intervene.  It happened Christmastime 1999 at Sandringham Estate, northeast of London, when Younger brother Andrew, then 39, refused to remove his toiletries from a bathroom earmarked for Prince Charles, 51, The Sun reported.  “We were told not to move anything and not to touch anything in that bathroom because there was an ‘ongoing situation,’” Janette McGowan, then a Buckingham Palace maid who traveled with the royal family, told the outlet.  “When members of the Royal Family travel to Sandringham they are each allocated rooms and a bathroom.  “But Prince Andrew took the bathroom that was allocated for the Prince of Wales and he wouldn’t budge and refused to take his stuff out of it. It turned into a bizarre stand-off.”  It took the queen to “defuse the situation,” McGowan said.  “She actually had to have words with Andrew and say to him that he had to use the other bathroom and that was when he finally backed down.  “He was almost 40 at the time. It was very odd behavior for someone of that age,” she continued.  Prince Andrew has a history of petulant outbursts and has not gained any favor with his family in the years since.  Another servant recently reported that the Duke of York would “shout and scream” if somebody misplaced the teddy bears kept in his Buckingham Palace bedroom.
*********Maybe that’s why he was (allegedly) with underage girls! They’re right at his maturity level!!
*****Of course, Prince Charles went to the Queen and said, “Andrew’s poo-pooing in my bathroom!!”
*****Even the Queen has to knock heads once in a while!!

 

Ripping The Tabloids (Throughout the week, we’ll give you the stories from that weeks tabs!)
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Osbourne Kid Hits Jack-Pot With Aree-(National Enquirer)

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s son Jack burbled over his engagement to Aree Gearhart:  “Today I asked the most beautiful and loving woman I’ve ever met to marry me.  She said yes!”  The “Fright Club” star, 36, also praised Aree’s “stepmom skills.”  Jack shares kids Pearl, 9, Andy, 6, and Minnie, 3, with ex-wife Lisa Stelly.

Ziggy Turns To Gold Dust-(Globe)

Rocker David Bowie’s been gone five years, but his songs just sold for a fortune-a whopping $250 million.  Warner Chappell Music shelled out big bucks to the Bowie estate for his songbook with hits “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust and Life on Mars.”  The stick-thin 69-year-old turned out 26 albums during his career before succumbing to liver cancer in 2016.  Bowie, whose widow is African-born model Iman, also starred in flicks including “The Hunger,” “Twin Peaks” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”

Zooey & Jonathan:  The Next Step-(Us Weekly)

Now that they’ve purchased their dream home together, a wedding could be next for Jonathan Scott and his girlfriend of two years, Zooey Deschanel.  “Friends have been thinking an engagement is on the horizon,” a source says, adding that Scott, 43, is not only crazy for the actress, 41, but also for her kids Elsie, 6, and Charlie, 4, with ex Jacob Pechenik.  “Jonathan has so much fun with them,” says the source.  “He’s a big kid at heart, so they all get along great as a family.”

A-Rod & Lindsay’s Secret Hookups-(Star)

Two can play the game!  While Jennifer Lopez flaunts her reignited romance with Ben Affleck in public, sources say her former fiancé Alex Rodriguez has been hooking up with Ben’s ex Lindsay Shookus in private.  The retired major leaguer first met the Saturday Night Live producer at Lindsay’s 41st birthday last June.  And sources are saying it’s the ultimate revenge romance.  “Alex is still consumed with jealousy and has vowed to do anything he can to get under Ben’s skin,” spills one insider.  “If Alex could, he’d date Jennifer Garner, but she wouldn’t touch him, so he’s settled for Lindsay.”  As for his new honey, says the insider, “It gives Lindsay some satisfaction to rub Ben’s nose in her steamy affair with A-Rod!”

Say What?!-(Life & Style)

“I never turn down a dare.”-Olivia Wilde, on being challenged to start directing by “a lot of really great mentors.”

“After playing Tracy Flick, I realized I don’t look good in sweater-vests, so there are none in my closet.”-Reese Witherspoon, on the Election character influencing her wardrobe.

“Nine times out of 10, if you catching me coming out of the airport, you ain’t going to see a pretty picture.  You just going to see somebody that just woke up off a plane.”-Keke Palmer, on her “down-to-earth vibe.”

Benji Madden & Cameron Diaz:  Happy Anniversary-(People)

The rocker, 42, and the actress, 49, marked seven years of marriage on Jan. 5.  “Always dreamed of having a family like this.  Happy, peaceful, consistent, loyal and unconditional equally filled with passion and depth,” wrote Madden, who share daughter Raddix, 2, with Diaz.

Last Laughs-(In Touch)

“A new study has found that due to their extremely efficient livers, the heaviest drinkers in the animal kingdom are hamsters.  Really?  I’m pretty sure that was Andy Cohen.”-Stephen Colbert.

“Just 12 days after it was released, Spider-Man:  No Way Home made over $1 billion-and three new variants.”-Seth Meyers.

“It’s amazing how much life has changed.  In just two years, our resolutions went from ‘Run a marathon’ to ‘Only spend four hours a day on TikTok.’”-Jimmy Fallon.

 

STUPID NEWS

Drone Used To Rescue Dog

Rescuers working to draw a runaway dog away from dangerous mud flats in England lured the canine to safety by attaching a sausage to a drone.  Volunteer organization Denmead Drone Search and Rescue was contacted to help when Millie, a Jack Russell terrier and whippet mix, slipped her collar while out on a walk in Hampshire, England, and ended up on mud flats that are known to flood in high tide.  Rescuers working with the local coast guard, firefighters and police were unable to reach Millie on foot or in kayaks, and they determined the dog was spooked and would flee when she caught a glimpse of her would-be saviors.  “One of the guys said, as a last resort, why don’t we try tying a sausage to a drone?” DDSI volunteer Stefani Dennis told CNN. “This was day three, she’d been there on the mud flats for two days.”  A neighbor who lives by the beach volunteered to cook sausages and attached them to the team’s drones with string.  “The string was tied around the body of the drone and around the sausage to make it dangle around 2 or 3 meters [6.5-9.8 feet] — it was very hard to gauge how close you were to the ground but it worked somehow,” Dennis said. “People were walking by and didn’t know what was going on, it was hilarious.”  Dennis said the drone-lifted sausages were successful in drawing Millie’s attention.  “She was very hungry and got hold of it at one point — and almost took the drone with her, she got about half a sausage,” she said.  See the video HERE.
********She thought it was an invitation to a sausage party!!

Frozen Potato Highway

Transportation officials in Minnesota said a stretch of highway was closed Thursday when a truck lost its load of potatoes and the spuds froze in place on the road.  The Minnesota Department of Transportation said a truck crashed Thursday morning in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 in Albertville, near Wright County Road 19.  MnDOT said special equipment needed to be brought to the scene because the spilled potatoes were freezing to the road.  The highway was closed to all traffic except for emergency vehicles during the clean-up, which was completed about 9:45 a.m. Officials said no injuries were reported.
**********They tried to get a truck full of gravy to the scene, but no luck!!
*******Fortunately, no Tater Tots were harmed!!!

Elsa Arrested Over Cold Weather

After a snowstorm froze over the eastern portion of the United States, South Carolina police released bodycam footage showing the arrest of a well-known ice queen.  The “rare” footage showed Elsa from Disney’s Frozen franchise reveling in the freshly fallen snow that blanketed the scenery around her. Then, she spotted the police — and ran.  Elsa soon gave up the chase.  “Come on guys, just let it go,” she could be heard saying.  No one was “injured or severely frozen,” the Pickens Police Department said on its Facebook page. “Her accomplice, the abominable snowman, is still at large. He has unleashed more snow and ice. Help us find him.”  The department used the short parody to include a reminder for motorists to be safe on the roads while driving.  The annual Elsa sighting marked only one of several common sights across North America that give winter its fantastical charm.
***********Sure….
********Meanwhile, NORAD is still trying to track Santa Claus!! It’s over, guys!!

Crazy Tennessee Woman

A Tennessee woman allegedly chopped her dad with an ax and punched her grandpa in the face before they disarmed and subdued her, according to authorities.   Nevada Fortson, a 25-year-old, faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, violating an order of protection and resisting arrest in Carter County after allegedly breaking into their home despite an order of protection from her mother.  The county sheriff’s office says she hitched a ride to her grandpa’s house, where he lived with her parents, and broke in through a guestroom window with an ax around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday.  The suspect’s 64-year-old father, Doug Fortson, encountered her in the hallway with the ax and told police that she hit him with it three times before he could wrestle it out of her grip.  Her grandfather, Glenn Hayes, helped subdue her – but not before she gave him a black eye, the complaint alleges.  Jail records show Nevada Fortson was being held at the Carter County Jail on $130,000 bond.  She had also been jailed after allegedly violating an order of protection last month and has prior charges of resisting arrest, domestic assault, trespassing and more within the last three months.
**********Sounds like she’s… “troubled.” 

 

STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL

VIDEO: LOUIE ANDERSON IMPROVISES WHEN ALARM GOES OFF IN AUDIENCE.

VIDEO: BOB SAGET’S FIRST EPISODE OF AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS.

VIDEO: GIANT PLANE LANDS IN THE FOG.

 

A LIST FOR MONDAY

7 Signs Of A Toxic Workplace You Can Spot On Your Very First Day

Huffington Post

 

  1. No one bothers to welcome or include you on your first day.

When you are new, colleagues should make an active effort to make you feel welcomed. If they act like they could not care less about your arrival, that can speak to deeper issues within the organization.

“If people are like, ‘I don’t have time,’ or show an unwillingness to help you learn or introduce you, that’s a warning sign,” Abbajay said. “You can tell when people are stressed. Are they harried, are they curt? That’s not a sign of a healthy work culture.”

Gregory Tall, a workshop facilitator who coaches managers and has over 15 years of experience in human resources, said that this can happen in remote jobs, too. Case in point: If there is no effort to introduce you or give you any advance prep in Zoom calls on your first day, that’s a red flag.

If your new colleagues aren’t welcoming, it might not have anything to do with you personally. It could be a signal that your co-workers are not proud to work at the organization and don’t want to lie about it to you.

“They are not pretending anymore. They are not coming up and saying, ‘We are so excited you are here,’ because they know it sucks and they don’t want to be false to themselves that it’s all good,” Tall said.

 

  1. You witness rude behavior that no one stops ― not even your boss.

If you notice on your first day that it’s normal to belittle colleagues and clients over email or in conversations, that’s a bad sign.

The key difference between a stressful environment and a toxic one is that a toxic job normalizes treating people disrespectfully. “A toxic culture is when the humans in that environment are treated poorly, are dehumanized either through abrasive leadership or gaslighting or through screaming, shouting,” Abbajay said.

You don’t want to linger in these kinds of environments. Being a bystander to incivility has long-term negative consequences, because bad behavior is contagious. In a series of experiments published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers found that the more people saw and were subject to rudeness at work, the more likely they were to become rude and hostile themselves.

“If that kind of public behavior is tolerated, that means it’s a cultural norm,” Abbajay said.

Keep in mind that if it’s your boss who is not stopping bad behavior, that makes the red flag even bigger.

“If you experience anything on the first day… where your manager does not have your back, that is your sign to get the résumé out immediately,” Tall said. “That is supposed to be your number one advocate.”

 

  1. Co-workers are too eager to gossip about colleagues in front of you.

If you are new to your organization and you already have people lined up to trash talk leaders on your team, that’s a bad sign.

A place where people feel free to make accusations about co-workers when they are not in the chat or in the room is a place where office drama matters more than getting work done.

“A culture that allows allows toxic rampant gossip is toxic,” Abbajay said.

 

  1. You learn that no one has stayed longer than a few months.

Ideally, if there is a role or team with high turnover, a recruiter or hiring manager will make that clear to you in the interview process and explain why that is. If you are the third person to hold your role in a year, that shouldn’t be a surprise.

If you find this out on day one and not during your interview process, that’s a sign that the manager purposefully withheld this information, Tall said.

“It’s a big deal to switch jobs … Many people will try to stick it out for a while,” he said. “If you are seeing a lot of folks who are just there for a few months at a time, that indicates they are reaching their decision to move on pretty quickly or it means they are being fired pretty quickly.”

 

  1. The company is proud to show off values they should not be proud of.

When you start a new job, you will be introduced to what the organization really considers important, whether they mean to reveal it or not.

Tall recalled the headquarters of one client, where the company proudly showed its 150 years of history via photos in the atrium.

“I’m going through 150 years and I did not see a single Black person or person of color,” Tall said. “That alone to me speaks volumes. The fact that that is curated, and they are showing that intentionally as a reflection of ‘who we are over the past 150 years’ — to me that is just as bad if it’s intentional or unintentional.”

 

  1. The expectations of the job you interviewed for are radically different in reality.

In a good onboarding process, your manager meets with you early so that you can get aligned on what success means for the role and what your duties are. In a toxic work environment, you may have little clarity on what your role is and find yourself doing work you did not sign up for.

Tall said to watch out for any glaringly different expectations than those you discussed in the interview process, including anything related to salary, work hours, job duties and flexibility options.

“You know when you get that first project request and it’s like, ‘Wait a minute, that’s not what was in the posting I read.’ I think those are early signs you might have gotten into something that is different than what you expected,” Tall said.

It can also be a symptom of an understaffed team that needs new people to fill in for other roles that they might not be equipped to do.

Staying in a job like this can set you up for failure because you will then be evaluated based on duties you don’t have the skills for, Tall said.

 

  1. You finish your first day filled with dread about the next.

There’s a big difference between first-day jitters and dread. How you feel being around the people you will spend thousands of hours with is not something to ignore.

When in doubt about a new job, listen to your gut.

“If you are feeling dread or unhappiness, those are important [emotions] to check into,” Abbajay said. “How do you feel when you are in this organization with those people? We all know that emotions are contagious.”

 

The preceding material was compiled and edited by Brandon Castillo.  The Editor-In-Chief is Gary Bryan.  The Radio Genius Show Prep Service is licensed for use on-air only by subscribing radio stations.  Other means of redistribution is forbidden.
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