Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors

About Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors

Hosted by best friends Dawn and Elsa, the podcast blends decades of experience across very different industries. Dawn spent 25 years as an employment lawyer investigating workplace drama from the inside out. Elsa built a long career in the beauty industry as a brand educator, with a few TV cameos along the way. Together, they’re unapologetic extroverts who meet new people everywhere—and always want to know how they got their jobs, what they love about them, what they can’t stand, and what really goes on behind closed doors. Equal parts informative and titillating, Workplace Confessions serves up all the tea while honoring the incredible, complicated, often messy work people are doing across industries and across the map.

Publisher

Dawn Andrews & Elsa Barbi

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Jan 2026

Latest episode

6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Nov 2026

   She Built a Successful Bakery by Winging It

   A teenage job selling ugly men’s clothing doesn’t exactly scream “future bakery owner,” but that’s what makes this anonymous confession so addictive. Our guest walks us through how a single cookie that she bakes for her boss somehow turns into a full bakery operation with two locations and loyal customers lining up for whatever she makes next. We talk about the restaurant industry and catering world as they really are. She also shares what it feels like to be labeled "talented" while s...

2. 

   30 Oct 2026

   From Professional Poker to Poop Stools and Fire Pumps

   From professional poker to poop stools to fire pumps. This week's guest leaves a career in professional poker to become a CEO twice-over without a college degree. He learns the hard parts by getting it wrong, paying for it, and trying again. We dig into what it really means to “be your own boss.” We unpack the surprising rise of Step and Go, a bathroom stool that survived competition, Amazon growing pains, and a steady stream of real-world complications. After the Palisades fires,...

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Meet the Guy Who Decides What Your Home is Worth

   What is a house really worth? And who decides? The number on an appraisal can save a deal, sink a refinance, or change what a family can afford, yet most of us have no idea how that number is calculated. This week, we sit down with a certified residential real estate appraiser who explains what really happens between the knock on your door and the report that lands on a lender’s desk, and why “it should be worth more” isn’t relevant. If you’ve ever googled how to become a home app...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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