Full Show PT 3: Thursday, March 19 [Vault]
The Bert Show
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, the bird show. More job cuts yesterday, like 7,000 people. |
| 0:05.4 | 7,000 total for Macy's made the big announcement yesterday and said 850 of those job cuts will be here in Atlanta, |
| 0:11.9 | but it's going to be the regional office, so it's not, they're not going to close any stores, |
| 0:16.5 | but it is bad news if, you know, 7,000. Actually, the West Coast regional office is going to have more job cuts than the Atlanta office, but still 7,000, which is about 4% of their workforce. |
| 0:26.9 | Times are tough and everybody's, you know, knows someone who is affected. |
| 0:30.9 | Melissa said earlier this morning that her sister got snagged up and some downsizing. |
| 0:35.1 | Our intern, Benjamin. |
| 0:36.7 | Oh, yeah, he just lost his gig. |
| 0:37.9 | He lost his gig, too. Talking to some police officers the other day, and they were explaining about the furlough. Jen and I were having a conversation with somebody who works in media where they're forcing everybody in the company to take one week unpaid leave over the next year. Or the next three months, right? Everybody just gets a week off, but unfortunately you don't get paid for it. |
| 0:56.8 | So it's a... leave over the next year. Or the next three months, right? Everybody just gets a week off, but unfortunately you don't get paid for it. |
| 0:56.8 | So it's affecting everyone, and we are going to talk to Molly on the voice disguiser |
| 1:02.5 | who actually has a tough decision to make because she gets to choose who gets laid off. |
| 1:08.4 | That's unfair. |
| 1:09.6 | Hey, Molly. |
| 1:10.1 | For her. |
| 1:11.6 | Hi. Hey. How. For her. Hi. |
| 1:12.1 | Hey. |
| 1:12.6 | How are you? |
| 1:14.0 | I am okay. |
| 1:16.2 | I have a tough decision to make. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, it sounds like there's probably a lot of bosses in your same position, |
| 1:22.3 | having to choose who to let go and who not to. |
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