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Sick Days Feed the Firing Algorithm: Inside AI Layoffs
FrequencyAugust 17, 202600:35:52

Sick Days Feed the Firing Algorithm: Inside AI Layoffs

A heavy AI week, bookended by two very human stories. Chuck Gose and Jenni Field track how automated decision-making is reshaping who gets hired, who gets let go, and who gets left behind — plus a labor-market warning sign...

Sam Altman Says You'll Work More With AI. He's Half Right.
FrequencyAugust 10, 202600:32:44

Sam Altman Says You'll Work More With AI. He's Half Right.

Sam Altman says AI won't give you a four-hour workweek because people are competitive. Chuck's response: "This might be the very definition of the word delusional." Jenni Field and Chuck Gose on the say-do gap, a 1977 surv...

26% Trust Their Leaders: Inside Chipotle's High-Stakes Promotion Bet
FrequencyAugust 03, 202600:34:59

26% Trust Their Leaders: Inside Chipotle's High-Stakes Promotion Bet

Only 26% of employees say their senior leaders are both competent and trustworthy. Meanwhile Chipotle promoted 23,000 people last year, most from the inside. This week is about who gets ahead at work, and why so few of us ...

Half the AI job cuts are already reversing. Will the the rest follow by 2027?
FrequencyJuly 27, 202600:33:02

Half the AI job cuts are already reversing. Will the the rest follow by 2027?

Chuck Gose and Jenni Field break down four stories reshaping work right now: why companies are quietly rehiring the people they replaced with AI, the office condition that actually makes teams perform, an internal comms pi...

Fired for Ignoring His Own RTO Mandate: Inside a $30M Leadership Credibility Collapse
FrequencyJuly 20, 202600:37:07

Fired for Ignoring His Own RTO Mandate: Inside a $30M Leadership Credibility Collapse

This week Chuck and Jenni dig into what heavy AI use is actually doing to us, why most executive offsites fail before they even start, a co-founder who got fired for breaking the very return-to-office rule he signed off on...

The Hidden Cost of Empathy: Why 80% of Women Managers Are Now Unpaid Therapists
FrequencyJuly 13, 202600:36:22

The Hidden Cost of Empathy: Why 80% of Women Managers Are Now Unpaid Therapists

This week, Chuck and Jenni dig into four stories reshaping how we think about generations, empathy, and boundaries at work: why the evidence for "generational differences" keeps failing to show up, the hidden emotional tol...