ZipRecruiter Is Back, Mercor Hits $20B, and Seekout Musical Chairs

From The Chad & Cheese Podcast · 01:03:13

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On this episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, Chad, Joel, and Emi prove once again that corporate HR news goes down smoother with a cold Guinness and zero filter. Before diving into the industry's latest cash grabs, the gang detours through Silicon Valley honeypots, questionable substitute-teaching methods, and why single listeners should apparently pack their bags for Finland immediately. Once they finally get to business, no brand is safe: Mercor: Just doubled its valuation to $20 billion by paying people peanuts to train the very AI models that will eventually make them obsolete. ZipRecruiter: Somehow clawed its way out of the toilet with a 50% stock surge—proving that cutting costs, killing off Phil, and riding the wave of everyone's universal hatred for Indeed is a winning strategy. Noon AI: Why talent acquisition leaders are allegedly pocketing $300 to shill for AI vendors on LinkedIn without disclosing it. Amazon, Canva, Virgin Media & PepsiCo: Slashing thousands of corporate jobs in the name of "efficiency" (and shareholders), leaving overqualified Gen Z grads stuck slinging lattes at Starbucks. SeekOut: Plays musical chairs with its C-suite by promoting from within, leaving the hosts wondering if recycling executives will save them from cheaper AI competitors. Talroo: Upgrades to a swanky new Austin office. Boom Band founder Jeff Taylor is back in the game and raising cash, though the crew isn't convinced his new talent marketplace is the next big thing. Bytes vs. Rocker: The hosts make a unanimous, slightly R-rated pick in Who'd You Rather? between frontline video-training startup Bytes and AI work assistant Rocker—followed, inevitably, by a dad joke so bad it should violate the Geneva Convention. Hit play to hear HR’s sharpest tongues roast the industry's biggest headlines. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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