Why are so many people relieved when they lose their job?

That's the question Andrew and Chuck take on in this episode, sparked by several friends and colleagues who were recently let go and, strangely, felt better afterward.

Not because losing your job is easy. It isn't.

But because many workplaces have become so stressful, so hollowed out, and so detached from basic humanity that getting fired can feel like an escape.

Andrew and Chuck explore what leads up to that moment: endless pressure, repeated layoffs, too many "hats," not enough people, and organizations that seem more loyal to quarterly optics than to the humans doing the work. They also unpack the emotional fallout for the people left behind, the absurd logic behind mass layoffs, and the strange comedy that shows up when work becomes deeply dehumanizing.

This conversation is honest, funny, sad, and painfully familiar.

If getting fired now feels like freedom, what does that say about the way we work?

Topics include:

• layoffs and severance

• burnout and emotional depletion

• the trauma of repeated cuts

• leadership, transparency, and trust

• how to stay human when work stops feeling human

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Stay safe, stay kind and stay human.