Episodes

  • Syd and Brit Don’t Care Who’s Looking
    Jan 15 2025

    Circling back is so last year. We’re circling forward and chipping away at the behemoth iceberg that is corporate greed, false metrics, and the impending doom of white collar employment. Fun! Is everyone else using LinkedIn to look up their exes and other random people from their pasts? No? Ok, cool. And if you’re paying for that gold badge, is it worth it? Speaking of money, we’re ready to start shilling!

    Discover:

    • Fantasizing about normal life
    • “The Rot Economy” by Ed Zitron
    • More LinkedIn career hacks aka buy my masterclass
    • Where have all the good recruiters gone? No but literally.
    • Naming names, setting boundaries, and unsubscribing
    • This week in scamming: remote work is an easy target
    • Ghosted with two Ds for those seeking retribution
    • Keeping coworker relationships, past and present, alive and well
    • Our new motto: what are you bringing to the table?
    • Ch-ch-changes in social media, our personalities, but not our employment statuses
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Syd and Brit Follow the Money
    Jan 8 2025

    Syd and Brit unpack the strangest interview questions to date. And, as preliminary requirements get more and more demanding, companies are squeezing more and more free labor out of candidates to ensure they’re “right for the job.” Also the weekly job follow up on yet another rejection to realize things like, maybe don’t wait for a job and just make your own. Because jobs come and go but friends are forever, awww.

    Discover:

    • Jobs asking you to pay to take a personality test? Personally I don’t want to
    • The weirdest job interview question ever
    • Should you lie on a mandatory personality test during an interview? Yes.
    • Checking in with the sea of fake jobs
    • Our weekly Reddit dive
    • Being type B IRL but finding your inner A for the interview
    • Jumping off a soapbox (and then getting back on it)
    • Two beers and a puppy + a smidge of vulnerability
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    58 mins
  • Syd and Brit Are Holi-Dazed and Confused
    Jan 2 2025

    Syd and Brit discuss how to navigate awkward job conversations with your fam, both extended and immediate. They also get into their weekly job rejection check ins, more insights on why LinkedIn is the absolute worst, and some hard truths on the realities of unemployment.

    Discover:

    • Navigating family job intrusion
    • Bending the truth so you don’t bring down the function
    • You wanna talk finances?
    • Are portfolio schools still a good idea?
    • The market is as cooked as a Thanksgiving turkey
    • Trying really hard not to name names
    • Why you should never be too open with recruiters
    • Getting really real about home life balance while unemployed and rolling with the punches
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Syd and Brit Are Going to Hell (and Back)
    Dec 26 2024

    Syd and Brit are still wondering how people get jobs, and are getting better at making a podcast? You tell us. No, really. Tell us. Getting deeper into why you shouldn’t show all your cards aka enter your social security number into a job application, and lamenting the days of finding a job IRL.

    Discover:

    • Is TrustPilot trustworthy? Who can we trust?
    • Brit can’t get a word in with an interviewer
    • More interviewing and dating parallels
    • Obvi LinkedIn sucks it’s owned by Microsoft
    • Words to live by from a real housewife
    • Another day, another job scam
    • The internet is fully cooked, and so are we
    • A lesson in protecting your privacy
    • The phone lines (aka our email) is open for your stories
    • More super “helpful” tips
    • Brit gets duped into signing up for Facebook (again)
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Syd and Brit Are Losing Sleep Over Circling Back
    Dec 18 2024

    We’re still begrudgingly applying to jobs (well, Brit is at least) and putting on our fakest smiles for interviews. Call it field research! Looking for some hot negotiating tips? We have some really obvious ones. And whatever you do, just remember: recruiters are not your friends.

    Discover:

    • A wholesome interaction with a (debatably) A-list celeb
    • A very brief history of processed food & women in the workforce
    • To garden or not to garden?
    • Syd gets closer to a job…but will it actually happen?
    • People are born everyday and yet employers continue to punish birthing people #makeitmakesense
    • Scared money don’t make money (but we’ll take whatever we can get)
    • Why LinkedIn doesn’t even work for the people trying to hire you
    • And why we would be the best recruiters ever
    • Is anyone actually reading cover letters? What if it was written by a sad Victorian boy?
    • How to avoid moving to Florida, salary ranges and more…!
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Syd and Brit Go Down the Rabbit Hole
    Dec 11 2024

    Syd and Brit go a little further down the LinkedIn rabbithole when they discover just how much money LinkedIn rakes in from corporate subscriptions. LinkedIn may benefit more from you being unemployed. If you get a job, they lose your engagement. Diabolical.

    Discover:

    • A cold bitch crying over the joys of motherhood
    • Trading a dog for a pack of cigarettes
    • LinkedIn is making billions from company subscriptions and we’re all getting screwed
    • Getting auto-rejected for an internship when you have nearly a decade of experience
    • Trying to “get it up” for your bajillionth job interview
    • Being a slut when recruiters text “you up” at last call
    • Best and only advice we'll ever give for job interviews…. LIE LIE LIE
    • Mr. Dogpoop is hiring but the pay is shit
    • The medieval nature of freelancing
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Syd and Brit Turn Fetishes into Jobs
    Dec 11 2024

    Syd and Brit dive into the weirdest jobs they’ve ever had while delving deeper into the job search, sharing some new developments on recruiters and the tactics companies use to reel in potential suckers—I mean, applicants. They uncover some unexpected stats and wrap things up on a high note.

    Discover:

    • Bachelorette parties are both a job and a scam
    • Some people think their jobs are more important than they are
    • You’re not Tree Paine
    • Getting into the odd jobs of it all
    • More dunking on LinkedIn, man we really hate LinkedIn
    • The longer you’re unemployed the shittier of a job you’ll settle for and companies are banking on it
    • How to turn weird fetishes into cash the easy way
    • The unemployment stats aren’t adding up
    • End on a high note
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Syd and Brit Get Scammed
    Dec 11 2024

    Syd and Brit recount their last week of hopeless job hunting. If looking for a job wasn’t bad enough, now we have ghost jobs and job scams to worry about. This podcast still won’t help you get a job but it can help you recognize ghost jobs and scam jobs.

    Discover:

    • Diving headfirst into momhood
    • Getting our hearts broken and our dreams crushed with one single email
    • Busting job scams wide open and how to avoid getting got
    • Dunk on capitalism and creative directors
    • Exploring ghost jobs, rebranding to mirage jobs
    • Tales from unemployment r/recruitinghell Reddit
    • The workforce hates women but despises moms
    • Pregnant Then Screwed
    • The joys of pivoting
    • Good news from Waffle House
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    1 hr and 15 mins