Canned

Jacki learns the ways of the pirahna.  Jacki's walkoff track is Gang of Four, Damaged Goods. Find more of her work here.

Dave has some thoughts on being downstream from DOGE.

"It's not a ripple, it's a tidal wave." 

Pam and Amy talk about, well, some bullshit in the news. 

• How to think about AI before it's too late 
• Nvidia's Jensen Huang says CEOs who blame AI for layoffs are giving a 'lazy' excuse

• Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI

The book I mention is Fluke by Christopher Moore. 

Mike got canned three times in succession.

"It gets harder and harder as you get older. I don't think I'll ever be completely over it." 

Rachel fails at allyship and owns it. She takes the fall but notices that other folks whiffed it too... with no consequences. Yeah, it does get awkward. 

Leigh totally reads the room and it was ... not a good read. 

Annemarie logs out. 

Pam (not your host, a totally different Pam) got fired a bunch of times before figuring out she was on the wrong path. 

Someone had to take the fall, and that someone was Anu. 

Hey folks! I'm on a panel at this event on March 19th, 2026 at Obec Brewing in Ballard. Please come say hi. 

Dee burns herself down to keep her role and was rewarded by the expectation that she'd keep burning herself down. 

Thanks to Todd Manley at Earsight Studios for his help with this episode. 

Shelley McIntyre helps us grapple with reinventing ourselves after we get canned. How do we redefine the experience of getting fired and what to we do next? 

Find more about Shelley at Burn the Map.

Corey discovers the math just isn't mathing. 

Producer Amy and Host Pam review the absolute sh!tshow that work and the job market has been in 2025. Eff bombs a-plenty, heads up, it's who we are.  

Lianna learns a lot of valuable lessons from her first "big girl" job (her words, not mine) including how you shouldn't do all the work at once. Pace yourselves, kids, there's little benefit in finishing early. 

It seemed like a great opportunity and Kevin believed in the cause, but "smellgate" made things awkward. Like, really awkward. 

Here are the reasons you might be eligible for unemployment if you quit a job in Washington, where I live, the rules may be different in your location. 

"Layoffs are unfortunately a time where unions really show why they're important." 

• Zach posts about Workers Comp to Instagram, follow him to find out about their next event. 
• Ian -- Zach's co-creator for Workers Comp -- tells his story in E11, here. 

"The media landscape is changing." Yeah, Ian already knows that.