Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a Warriors Game Recap (2:01), we discuss the new Apple emojis (11:29), and then we dive into more layoffs news: Coinbase and Loom rescinding job offers (26:34). Jason and Molly give tips on how to not get laid off (37:55), and then Producer Rachel closes out the episode with an OK Boomer segment with Skillbank founder and CEO Mehak Vohra (1:07:08).

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show
(2:01) Recapping the Warriors' Finals game 1
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(11:29) Discussing the new emojis
(25:02) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(26:34) Coinbase/Loom rescinding offers + how to avoid layoffs
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(37:55) How to not get laid off, the employee perspective
(46:30) Layoffs from the manager’s perspective
(1:03:38) Toss to OK Boomer
(1:07:08) OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra, CEO + Founder of SkillBank

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Friday show. We're back. Molly and I went to the Warriors game last night.
0:05.2	We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about Apple's new emojis. And then we're going to have a long time before.
0:12.0	What's that? We're just going to have a little fun for a minute before we get into the real.
0:16.0	Yes, we're going to talk about all these fun new Apple emojis. We're going to talk about our great seats for the Warriors game.
0:21.6	That was a blast. Everybody we met. And then we're going to talk about the hiring freezes, rescinding of offers,
0:28.0	more layoff bad news, but then we have a super productive discussion about how you
0:34.0	can make yourself so valuable that you don't get laid off and how managers can reduce layoffs
0:41.1	and how everybody can work together to make your company strong and viable through increased
0:46.7	communications, setting great goals and everybody upscaling themselves and being super efficient.
0:52.2	So some silver linings here. Absolutely. Think of it as like we're filling up your prepper pantry.
0:58.0	And then that producer Rachel closes out the episode with OK Boomer because it's Friday.
1:02.5	Skill bank founder and CEO and skills, by the way, very relevant right now. Founder and CEO, Mahek Bora.
1:08.4	It's going to be a great show. Stick with us.
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