Mojo In The Morning

Turn in Your Notice

9 min
Apr 15, 20264 days ago
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Summary

Mojo in the Morning hosts a contest where callers can win a trip to the Cayman Islands for a concert featuring T.I. and Robin Thicke, but the catch is they must actually quit their jobs to enter. The episode features interviews with various callers discussing their work situations and willingness to resign for the vacation opportunity.

Insights
  • Remote work flexibility has fundamentally changed employee commitment, with some workers able to maintain employment while traveling without employer knowledge
  • Job dissatisfaction and burnout are significant enough that employees will seriously consider quitting for a vacation opportunity
  • HR professionals experience moral burden when executing layoffs, creating emotional fatigue that drives desire to escape work
  • Service industry workers (nurses, salon staff, bartenders) face greater barriers to taking time off compared to remote workers
Trends
Hybrid and remote work enabling unauthorized remote work from different locationsRising employee burnout in healthcare and service industries driving vacation urgencyCorporate acquisitions creating workplace instability and employee morale issuesContest mechanics leveraging workplace dissatisfaction as engagement driverMulti-job holding becoming normalized among service industry workers
Topics
Employee burnout and job satisfactionRemote work flexibility and accountabilityHealthcare worker staffing and vacation timeHR responsibilities during corporate acquisitionsService industry labor challengesWorkplace resignation decisionsHybrid work policy enforcementContest mechanics and audience engagement
Companies
iHeartRadio
Platform where ThanksDad podcast is distributed alongside Mojo in the Morning
People
Will Ferrell
Referenced as upcoming guest on the show; featured in ThanksDad podcast promotion
T.I.
Performing at concert in Cayman Islands that is the prize for the contest
Robin Thicke
Performing at concert in Cayman Islands that is the prize for the contest
Stick
Former station employee now organizing concert in Caymans; initiated contest partnership
Cody
Station marketing director coordinating with Stick on contest details
Julian Edelman
Featured in Blue Square Alliance Against Hate commercial promoting anti-hate messaging
Robert Kraft
Referenced by Julian Edelman as someone who takes stance against hate
Christine
Contest caller willing to quit nursing job; last vacation was September, turned 40
Courtney
Contest caller in HR working hybrid; admits to working remotely from various locations
Brittany
Contest caller with three jobs (property management, salon, bar) willing to quit all for trip
Hannah
Contest caller from Toledo concerned about leaving clients without nail appointments
Travis
Contest caller on disability who can leave work whenever; has had multiple surgeries
Christy
Contest caller from Heartland dealing with layoffs during company acquisition
Quotes
"Just give it a shot. But if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit."
Will Ferrell (via ThanksDad podcast)Opening segment
"I do it all the time. I've gone airport, grocery store. Anywhere I can connect my hotspot to."
Courtney (HR professional)Mid-episode
"I mean, you have one life, right? I quit this bitch."
Brittany (multi-job worker)Late episode
"I have been laying people off for months and I am ready to just let them know. Bye."
Christy (HR professional during acquisition)Mid-episode
Full Transcript
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This is an interesting little thing. I'm not sure if you've ever seen it, but I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. I'm sure you've seen it. This is an interesting little proposition. Our good friend, Stick. You remember Stick used to work here at the station? Stick works in the Caymans. And he's putting a concert on down there in the Cayman Islands with T.I. and Robin Thicke. And Stick contacted Cody, our marketing director here. I'm giving you guys the sausage of the story here. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. I'm making the sausage with you. So you have to have a passport ready by the 23rd. And number two, you got to give notice to your work. And this is the contest. Turn in your notice to go to the Cayman Islands. Wouldn't that be the greatest ever? Bro, too far. I would like to let you know that I'm giving you my notice. I will be gone in a week. I'm leaving for the Cayman Islands. You know what they'll think? They'll think you're wanted. You got some money to stay. Or you're getting investigated like, oh girl. Yeah. So here's the deal. Why would you want to turn your notice in at work? What is it about your work that would make you say, I need to get the hell out of this place so I can go to the Cayman Islands? We're going to qualify you if you call 844-MOJO-LIVE. 844-665-6548 is our telephone number. Are we looking for people with like terrible jobs? Like say, not terrible, like say funeral home Tom calls and he's like, man, I'm just tired of hanging out with dead bodies all day. I need a break. Or do you want somebody that's like, I hate my job. I hate my boss. This is a perfect opportunity for me to quit. I think either is good. I mean, I'll be honest. I don't, I'm not going to judge, right? Come on, come on. Yeah. Why do we confirm these are real? They're really going to quit. Because you can say you're going to quit, but we need to know you're quitting. You know what? I'm going to have to trust because I think there's, I think there's a lot of people that probably for some spits and giggles like do you give us shenanigan stories sometimes? But I don't know. Face time. I was walking into office. See the resignation letter. 844 mojo live 844 665 6548 is our telephone number to see T. I. Robin thick hang out in the Cayman Islands. Let me qualify a couple here and then we'll qualify tomorrow. Maybe even Friday and then we'll give it away on Friday. When do they have to have the winners information by Lydia? I need them by Friday at 10 a.m. So by Friday at 10 a.m. And then that's when vacation is booked. Travis on with us right now. Travis. Yeah. Hi. Why do you want to turn in your notice? I'm on disability so I can leave whenever I can. Oh, that's easy. That's not even really turning in the notice. I mean, not it's easy. You're disability. Yeah, disability disabled. What's your disability? By the way, if you don't mind me asking. I've had multiple surgeries. Okay. Are you able to travel? Like, would it be comfortable for you to travel even? Yeah. Okay. Dog like, I can't go to work, but I can. I can go rock out. I love it. Courtney, what's going on? It's Mojo in the morning. Hi. Hey, how are you? Good. What's going on? Long time. Hey, Courtney. I would absolutely quit. But because I'm in HR, I really don't have to. I work hybrid. So I just bring my laptop with me. Oh my God. Can you get away with that? Like going over to the Caymans and them not knowing? Absolutely. I do it all the time. Oh my God. Wait, where have you gone? Where you gone remote? Really anywhere out of state. I've gone airport, grocery store. That's crazy. Anywhere I can connect my hotspot to. Love it. That is amazing that people can do that. They can pull that off. She's HR. So who called checker? Right. Christine's on with us right now. Christine is a legit. She would turn in her notice to go to the Caymans. What's that Christine? What do you do? I'm a registered nurse. Oh my God. Is there a patient that's going to die because of this? We need to make sure this is good. I don't think any of them want to die. They may kill me. So you would be willing to go to work and say, I'm out of here on Thursday. I'm done. Oh, for sure. All right. This is legit. This is a legit contestant. This is good. Christine, when's the last time that you've had a vacation? September of last year. I turned 40 years old. I went to Jamaica. Oh, what a great place to celebrate. Happy birthday to you. Happy belated birthday. All right. Caymans would be kind of fun. Hold on one second. These are all actually pretty good ones that are done. Do you get a plus one? Yes. You get a plus one. You get VIP tickets to the concert. You get dinner, airfare, hotel, everything's included. I'm going with the 40 year old. Hannah, what's going on? Hannah. Hi. What's happening? How are you? I'm good. How are you? Fantastic. Would you do this? Yes. And a heartbeat. So what do you do for a living out? I'm a nail tech in Toledo. Oh, that. Wow. So you know, wait a second. Do you have clients on the books? Cause I know my nail appointment. I look forward to that for like two weeks. I'm leaving them. Oh my God. We can't pick her. I feel this. You feel this. She's more worried about their nails than the nurse killing somebody by not being there for you. All right. Hold on a second. Give me a second. I'm going to start with the first one. I'm going to start with the second one. I'm going to start with the third one. I'm going to start with the second one. All right. Hold on a second. Give me one more here. Hold on. We got Christy who said she's one of the people in HR and you're willing to turn in your notice. Absolutely. Oh my God. What is it? Is it about the place like going to the Caymans or is it about the concert seeing T.I. Sugar data. Sugar data. Sugar data. Sugar data. Sugar data. Sugar data. Sugar data. Yeah. Which one? What does it be? It's both. Our company is going through an acquisition and I have been laying people off for months and I am ready to just let them know. Bye. I get it. You need some positivity. Having to fire people and lay people off has got to be the worst. A lot of times people will think it's the worst to get laid off, but the person that has to do it, you got to understand they have a heart. They're not loving doing it. That's a good one. I like yours. I like this one too. Lay up. You basically quit before you get laid off then. Exactly. All right, Christy, where are you from? I know what's the matter. What town do you live in? I live in Heartland. Heartland Lines. Hold on. Courtney, I was told to take you. What's up, Courtney? Oh, and I'm sorry not that one. Brittany, I already took you. Courtney, what's up, Brittany? Hey, what's going on? None of a lot. Lost my voice the other day. It's been wonderful. What were you doing that made you lose your voice? Honestly, I woke up in Michigan. That's what I did. The weather. Brittany, what do you do? So I have three jobs actually. Are we quitting all of them? I do, girl, why not? I do property management. I also work at a salon and I work at a bar. You would quit all three of those jobs to go to the Caymans? I mean, you have one life, right? Oh, God. Does this make me nervous? I quit this bitch. All right, well, Brittany. Listen, you can always find another job. The Caymans sounds nice, and you know the weather's getting cold again next week. I know, I saw like 40. Yeah. You could find a job bartending in the Caymans and just not come home. You could be KP. That would be crazy. KP went to the Caymans. I wonder if KP will be at the show too. She works for the same company that Stick works for. So this would be really neat. Hey, Brittany, you're in for this. Okay, so you're qualified for it. Hang on one second. We'll pick the winner this week for it. All right, we'll pick it by Friday at 10. All right. Don't quit before the end of. I'm not. I got you. More chances to win tomorrow morning and we'll do it, I don't know, 7 o'clock or 9 o'clock or probably a price 7 o'clock. This is Julian Edelman from games with names. I want to take a second to talk about something that's personal to me. I've had the privilege of working closely with Robert Kraft for a long time. And one thing I've always respected is how seriously he takes up standing up to hate. As a Jewish athlete, my identity is something I am proud of. But I also know what it feels like to be singled out for it. That's why this new commercial for the Blue Square Alliance Against Hate that aired during the big game really hit home. It's about showing up for someone when they're targeted, even if you don't have the perfect words and sometimes standing next to someone is enough. And you can show support by sharing the Blue Square. Just give it a shot. But if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspirer. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat just hanging there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Yeah. Listen to ThanksDad on the iHeartRadioApp, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.