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Pam Mandel

Conversations about getting fired. Heads up, there’s swearing -- after all, we’ve been fired.

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2025 In the Can

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2025/12/28

Producer Amy and Host Pam review the absolute sh!tshow that work and the job market has been in 2025. Eff bombs a-plenty, heads up, it's who we are.

31:46

S1 E14: Writer

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2025/12/18

Lianna learns a lot of valuable lessons from her first "big girl" job (her words, not mine) including how you shouldn't do all the work at once. Pace yourselves, kids, there's little benefit in finishing early.

37:55

S2 E13: Health Care Communications Specialist

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2025/12/04

It seemed like a great opportunity and Kevin believed in the cause, but "smellgate" made things awkward. Like, really awkward. Here are the reasons you might be eligible for unemployment if you quit a job in Washington, where I live, the rules may be different in your location.

65:11

S2 E12: Senior Longform Video Editor

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2025/11/07

"Layoffs are unfortunately a time where unions really show why they're important." Zach posts about Workers Comp to Instagram, follow him to find out about their next event. Ian -- Zach's co-creator for Workers Comp -- tells his story in E11, here.

43:46

S2 E11: Project Manager

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2025/10/30

"The media landscape is changing." Yeah, Ian already knows that.

47:32

S2 E10: The Dreaded PIP

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2025/10/10

Janice Brathwaite -- the president and founder of Workplace Transformations -- talks about her work with corporate culture. She's got a few things to say about the dreaded Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), how it's being misused, and what you should do if you're faced with one. TLDL (too long, didn't listen): Do. Not. Sign. Anything.

47:06

S2 E8: Regional Training Manager

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2025/09/25

Years later, Chuck still asks himself why he was so loyal to his job.

37:32

S2 E8: The Jobs Report(s)

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2025/09/13

Pam and Amy discuss the jobs report(s), how much AI is fucking things up for us, a listener's struggle to find work, and the curse of pumpkin spice season. Articles referenced: AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk The job market is hell Employers added nearly a million fewer jobs Episodes referenced: S2 E5: Tech Career Coach S1 E31: Design Manager

39:03

S2 E7: Medical and Science Reporter

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2025/09/04

"We knew bad things were going to happen in Philadelphia." She saw it coming, but it was still a blow when Dawn lost her dream job.

51:35

S2 E6: Senior DEI Communications Consultant

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2025/08/21

Michael went in with a "healthy dose of skepticism" under the Biden adminstration though he believed the work was valuable. Then came the November election and DOGE.

46:50

S2 E5: Tech Career Coach

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2025/08/08

What's a career coach do? How does one help you? When do you need a career coach? What should you say about that time you got fired? And hey, what's the worst that can happen? Dr. Kyle Elliott patiently fields questions about what a career coach does -- and he gives good advice for navigating the landscape after you've been canned. Dr. Elliot specializes in tech, but his tips are good for anyone, regardless of their field.

39:16

S2 E4 Sports Anchor

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2025/07/30

Anne had a job that not many women did at the time. "It was a constant battle being accepted," she says. That's a battle she did not end up winning.

01:05:44

S2 E3: Director of Product Management

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2025/07/24

Christian's job was literally to make federal government processes more effective or, you know, efficient. Then DOGE came along. Learn more about 18F and the work they did here.

34:48

S2 E2: Senior Systems Engineer

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2025/07/16

Christine was not shy about telling off The Man for making tech support worse. The database mentioned? theceodatabase.com. Our heroine has been hit with several cease and desist notices, so by the time this goes live, it may or may not be online. We'll take that as her doing the right thing.

36:17

S2 E1: Season Two Opener

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2025/07/03

Amy and Pam ask the important questions like... How do you fuck up being a mermaid?

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S1 E33: Copywriter

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2025/05/09

Pam gets the axe from her copywriting job, says eff that noise, and... starts a podcast? What? Featuring CANNED's behind the scene enabler and producer, Amy Guth as this week's guest host.

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S1 E32: Regional Banker

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2025/04/10

Amber wasn't even on company time. She was literally off the clock. And she got the axe anyway. Also, hey, here's that Antiwork Reddit Sub we mention at the intro. Fun fact, my former project manager is the one who turned me on to Antiwork. I miss him every day, working with him was great. When your project manager is an antiwork guy, you know you're on the right team.

48:03

S1 E31: Design Manager

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2025/03/27

Dylan is going to make it through this year if it kills him.

48:05

Interlude 6: Union Official

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2025/03/20

Jez Stewart from Prospect (a union that represents 157,000 workers in the UK) takes us through what a union does and why we want to be part of one.

47:57

Interlude 5: HR WTF

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2025/03/13

Rebecca Weaver, founder and CEO of HRuprise, talks us through the structural pitfalls of HR, why it's broken, and we can do to protect ourselves.

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