The Layoff Dopamine Hit
Slate Money
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4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Kevin Delaney, co-founder of Charter. They discuss the layoffs that have swept across multiple industries, and if letting workers go actually solve the issues CEOs say they are. They also take a look at how work has changed during the pandemic, digging into how middle managers have the worst jobs, and how having too many meetings sucks.
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| 0:23.6 | Until 18-plus, T's and C's apply, exchange fees and fair usage limits supply. Hello and welcome to the layoff stopamine hit episode of Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm Felix, I'm one of Axios, joined by Emily Peck of Axios. |
| 0:54.0 | Hello, hello? |
| 0:55.0 | And Elizabeth Spires. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello. |
| 0:59.0 | And this week we are talking about work. |
| 1:02.0 | What's happened to work, how it works, layoffs, hiring, radical |
| 1:07.8 | candor, all manner of stuff. |
| 1:09.7 | We're going into the workplace and we have a very very special guest to join us and |
| 1:16.6 | explain what the hell is going on and why layoffs are really not so great after all |
| 1:21.2 | imagine that. Mr Kevin Delaney welcome thank you Felix yeah |
| 1:26.2 | so you you are a former manager of Emily Peck going way back yeah yes going way back, yeah. |
| 1:33.0 | Yes, going way back. |
| 1:35.0 | You didn't hire me at Quartz, but like, it was a close run thing. |
| 1:42.0 | How, introduce yourself. |
| 1:44.0 | What are you up to now? |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, so I'm the co-founder and editor of a company called Charter, |
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