Managing Viral Misconduct Risk from Cinnabon Outbursts to DoorDash Tampering: #9to5Nightmares ep 20

The holiday season often brings increased visibility into employee behavior and with it, increased risk. In this episode of #9to5Nightmares, hosts Amy Warren and Micole Garatti reflect on more than a year of tracking real-world misconduct stories and examine why these incidents are becoming more frequent, more public, and more consequential for employers.

This month’s discussion spans several high-profile cases: a customer-facing employee fired after a racist outburst went viral, a delivery driver facing criminal charges for food tampering, and a senior Air Force official resigning after violent and hateful social media posts surfaced. The episode also highlights a real executive screening case involving misuse of confidential company data underscoring that misconduct risk extends well beyond harassment and into ethics, trust, and insider threats.

As personal and professional lives increasingly overlap online, employers are facing a new reality: behavior that happens outside the workplace can directly impact safety, brand reputation, and profitability. 

Amy and Micole discuss why the volume of these incidents is rising, how digital-native workforces are changing risk patterns, and why proactive, consistent screening matters across the entire employee lifecycle.

For organizations focused on building safe, compliant, and trustworthy workplaces, this episode offers timely insight into how misconduct shows up and how it can be identified as it emerges but before it becomes a costly problem.

Let’s get into this week’s #9to5Nightmares.