New Season Of Surfing Corporate Debuts: Cubicle Alert!

  What happens when two highly successful corporate executives decide to jointly tackle a monumental challenge? You get two highly talented and motivated people who have worked hard and smart their whole lives, diving headfirst into a confrontation with reality. Thankfully for listeners, the score ended up Aileen & Glenda 1 -- Reality 0.

These two former Senior VPs wanted to start and sustain an independent podcast about managing life in a corporate environment.

In September 2021, Aileen Merciel and Glenda Pacanins started the Surfing Corporate podcast.

On September 18th, Surfing Corporate will begin its new season.

The podcast's elevator pitch is: "Hosted by Aileen Merciel and Glenda Pacanins, former media executives who have experienced first-hand what really goes on behind fancy corporate doors (and have a slightly evil sense of humor), this podcast aims to entertain as well as provide practical advice to employees who are currently navigating turbulent corporate waters."

The show lives up to its promise. It's engaging, has a sense of humor, describes the incongruities of corporate life, and offers solutions. 

 In addition, the co-hosts announced that they were up for a 2024 Ambie Award as an independent podcast. The Ambies are a series of awards given in the podcast industry. They are awarded by the Podcast Academy in two overall categories: Show Recognition and Talent Recognition. Even though, the show did not win, being nominated in a cluster of such noteworthy shows is an award in itself.

But Aileen and Glenda recently won the first annual Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Award for Best Workplace Podcast. With thousands of "indie" workplace podcasts in the running, it's notable that Aileen and Glenda stood out from the audio crowd.

 First, here are their backgrounds:Aileen A. Merciel (AM) was a Senior Vice President, Marketing & Creative – NBC Universal, Telemundo Enterprise. Merciel is a Venezuelan-American media executive who started out in Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Latin America Venezuela as an On-Air Promotions Producer.

She held corporate positions in Venezuela, Mexico, and the U.S. On the podcast's website, it says: "Coming from a creative background, Aileen was not blessed with a nose for office politics."
Glenda Pacanins (GP) was a Senior Vice President, Programming and Content Strategy NBC Universal, Telemundo Enterprises.

After working in corporate for more than 20 years, Glenda Pacanins is a self-described “recovering suit,” although she still can’t stop wearing heels to podcast recordings and PTA meetings. 

Unlike Merciel, Glenda somehow managed to surf corporate relatively well. Again, the podcast's website says: "She is fluent in English, Spanish, and most importantly, corporate bullsh*t.

 For their new season, Aileen and Glenda have some terrific episodes ready for loyal and new listeners. They begin with an enlightening episode about what it's like to work at Amazon. Then, the co-hosts delve into the concept of good boss or bad boss?

Later in the season, Aileen and Glenda have a superb and exciting Halloween episode planned.

Check out the new season of Surfing Corporate. The podcast can serve as a window to your workplace and as a life raft for your career survival kit.