SMNTY Classics: Do Layoffs Impact Women More?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Recent waves of layoffs in the tech industry have disproportionately hurt women. In this classic episode, we look at a few examples and untangle some of the myriad reasons why.
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| 0:44.3 | And welcome to Stuff and Never Told You, a production of IHR Radio. |
| 0:59.8 | And welcome to another classic. |
| 1:04.1 | I am solo today, but Samantha will be back soon. |
| 1:17.3 | And this episode, I wanted to bring back, even though it's kind of recent and kind of more specific to the tech industry. |
| 1:26.9 | But unfortunately, here in the United States, we are seeing a lot of layoffs right now. |
| 1:28.6 | A lot of people losing their jobs. |
| 1:37.6 | As this comes out, I'm recording it on October 28th, 2025, but it's coming out a little bit later. |
| 1:47.8 | The government, the U.S. government is still shut down, and it has been used as an excuse to not only fire or lay off a lot of people, but also to particularly target things, organizations, or jobs that are in any way |
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