EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 33 MIN
When Everything Goes Wrong at Once — Emergency Planning at Work - Ep. 5
from Sounds Like an HR Problem · host Ashley Massie & Yang Nam
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 about until they're actually happening — and by then it's too late.From an active shooter situation at the Galleria with no plan and a building full of people, to a heart attack on the office floor that turned into a workers comp question nobody knew how to answer, to Yang's son getting second degree burns at his therapy center while Yang was literally flooded in and couldn't get to him — this one's got it all.They break down what companies get wrong, what a real emergency plan actually looks like, and why it always seems to take an incident before anybody puts one in place.Houston specific? Sure. But honestly this stuff applies everywhere. Have a plan before you need one.
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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 about until they're actually happening — and by then it's too late.From an active shooter situation at the Galleria with no plan and a building full of people, to a heart attack on the office floor that turned into a workers comp question nobody knew how to answer, to Yang's son getting second degree burns at his therapy center while Yang was literally flooded in and couldn't get to him — this one's got it all.They break down what companies get wrong, what a real emergency plan actually looks like, and why it always seems to take an incident before anybody puts one in place.Houston specific? Sure. But honestly this stuff applies everywhere. Have a plan before you need one.
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