Buckle up, job nerds—Chad Sowash and Joel Cheesman are back with J.T. O'Donnell, serving up the week’s employment chaos with a side of snark. Joann’s 800 fabric havens are kaput after 80 years—no buyer, 19,000 pink slips.

DOGE is slashing like it’s Black Friday: 75,000 “voluntary” goodbyes, 1,000 at Veterans Affairs, 1,300 at Energy, 700 at the CDC—pundits say the total could top 100K, while Blue Origin (1,000) and Starbucks (1,100) join the layoff party, and Polywork’s a December corpse.

Buy or Sell: Mercor’s 21-year-old Thiel babies nabbed $100M, hit a $2B valuation ... Joel's screaming "SELL" ‘cause remote work’s deader than disco. Perfect’s $23M AI dream promises hires while you nap; J.T.’s all "BUY" for their 44-person squad surfing the consolidation wave. Loxo’s $115M talent tech flex? Joel’s like, "SELL—big hype, but the founder’s greener than a lime Slurpee."

Indeed yanked search fields from its homepage, forcing logins—Alex Chukovski’s jazzed, but Chad’s cackling, “Monster 2.0, meet your doom!” And Musk’s AI grading federal job essays? J.T.’s rolling her eyes—unions are raging, and it’s sketchier than a back-alley job board. Laugh, cry, and listen up!

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Uncertainty in the Job Market

01:00 The Rise of Deep Fakes and Their Implications

04:08 Job Seekers' Struggles in a Changing Economy

10:17 Corporate Accountability and Leadership Failures

18:41 The Impact of Layoffs on the Workforce

23:19 The Future of Employment in an Automated World

24:09 Economic Pressures and Education Choices

27:42 The Rise of AI in Recruitment

30:12 Challenges in AI Recruitment Tools

34:20 The Future of Job Platforms

38:16 Indeed's Strategic Shift

47:21 AI's Role in Employment Decisions

Indeed Lifts Walled Garden