This week on The Chad and Cheese Podcast, Joel and Chad are back with more chaos, layoffs, and laughs in HR tech, AI, and recruiting.
Meanwhile, the HR and tech worlds collide:
💥 Meta layoffs make headlines as Zuckerberg brings Facebook Jobs back from the dead.
💥 Appcast layoffs shake the programmatic world — is the golden era of recruiting ads over?
💥 Handshake layoffs add to the wave of job cuts sweeping the job market 2025.
💥 Humanly acquisition makes noise as consolidation hits smartrecruiters and other HR tech firms.
💥 OpenAI adult content and the new ChatGPT Atlas browser raise eyebrows — and questions.
💥 Adzuna AI search claims it “understands intent,” but Chad isn’t buying the hype.
💥 Automation strikes fast food — robots, AI, and layoffs at Nestlé, Paycom, and Meta signal a new era of job losses by automation.
Add in the bigger picture:
📉 The US Economy slowdown, rising inflation, and growing wage inequality spark talk of another recession.
📺 MTV shuts down, marking the end of a generation and a metaphor for how fast industries change.
🤖 And Sam Altman’s OpenAI keeps dominating the AI and ChatGPT news cycle, from browser launches to ethics debates.
Of course, this is still the HR podcast that pulls no punches — expect snark, sharp analysis, and brutally honest takes on the recruiting, HR, and AI industries. SUBSCRIBE NOW!
0:00 – In this Episode
2:24 – What’s Up
3:17 – RecFest Takeaways
8:03 – Joel’s Shout out to MTV
11:40 – FREE Stuff
12:46 – Upcoming Events
14:27 – Fantasy Football
16:07 – Industry Layoffs Update
21:39 – Social Platforms Shuffle the Job Market
38:12 – AI & HR Tech Funding
49:47 – State of the Economy
57:45 – Humanly Acquisition
59:51 – Open AI Adult Content
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