# Episode 176: 176. Google’s 60-Hour workweek, Asda's bonus backlash and how to go from friend to boss. PLUS! Leaders are human too, with Dr Elaine Smith - This Week in Work, 4th March 2025

- **Date:** 2025-03-04
- **Guests:** Elaine Smith
- **Duration:** 3150s
- **Listen:** https://truthliesandwork.com/176

## Segments (8)

- [Asda scraps 10,000 staff bonuses](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-asda-scraps-10-000-staff-bonuses.md) — news-roundup, start 33s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=33)
- [Sergey Brin calls for 60-hour workweeks](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-sergey-brin-calls-for-60-hour-workweeks.md) — news-roundup, start 514s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=514)
- [The employability paradox](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-the-employability-paradox.md) — news-roundup, start 909s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=909)
- [Hot Take: Dr. Elaine Smith on why leaders are human too](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-hot-take-dr-elaine-smith-on-why-leaders-are-human-too.md) — hot-take, start 1392s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=1392)
- [Workplace Surgery: From friend to boss](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-workplace-surgery-from-friend-to-boss.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2153s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=2153)
- [Workplace Surgery: The unlimited holiday trap](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-workplace-surgery-the-unlimited-holiday-trap.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2518s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=2518)
- [Workplace Surgery: The HR battleground](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-workplace-surgery-the-hr-battleground.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2755s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=2755)
- [Outro: What's coming up this Thursday](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/176-outro-what-s-coming-up-this-thursday.md) — intro, start 3098s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/176?t=3098)