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RTO Mandates: The Collaboration Excuse | Roast the Post: Grounds for Discussion

Are RTO Mandates really about fostering connection and collaboration?

13 hrs ago • Jennifer Houle and Paul Austin-Menear

9:18

Operations: Binary Bogeymen with The Strategic Linguist

LIVES ARE ON THE LINE, SOLDIER! Also, can you get three quotes from office movers by Friday? Mmmkay, great.

Oct 9 • Paul Austin-Menear, Jennifer Houle, and The Strategic Linguist

55:22

Workplace Loneliness: Whose Job Is Connection?

The loneliness epidemic needs solutions that Return to Office (RTO) mandates simply don’t provide.

Oct 5 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

10:20

Founder’s Associate: The Stepping Stone to Nowhere

It's a stepping stone role you're expected to outgrow—that overlaps almost entirely with the COO job they haven't hired yet. So where does the stepping…

Oct 2 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

1:07:49

September 2026

Gen Z Iced Coffee Interviews: Hiring Bias Exposed - Grounds for Discussion

Recruiters warn it isn't really about coffee.

Sep 28 • Jennifer Houle and Paul Austin-Menear

11:11

Chief Steward: Anchors Aweigh!

A job so broad it could be a floatation device... buckle up, and note the location of your nearest lifeboat.

Sep 25 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

57:25

Sports Card Breaker: What, No Hockey?

Could you be the next big sports card influencer? This job ad thinks so... but we’ve got questions.

Sep 18 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

1:05:41

Director of HR: The First Team Fallacy with Brandi Copeland

When ‘influence without authority’ is code for ‘you’ll be blamed for everything.’

Sep 11 • Paul Austin-Menear, Jennifer Houle, and Brandi Copeland

1:14:56

Unpaid Labour & AI Governance: Redefining Workplace Compensation - Grounds for Discussion

WestJet employees fight to end unpaid labour in their collective agreement & the use of AI becomes a contract bargaining issue for more unions globally

Sep 7 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

7:52

Skip Tracer: The Case of the Missing Monthly

Forget Dog the Bounty Hunter, this job is about mastering online sleuthing to track down car payment deadbeats.

Sep 4 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

1:02:46

August 2026

AI Layoffs: Progress or Productivity Allocation? - Grounds for Discussion

Chime to lay off 10% of staff complement due to “AI efficiencies”

Aug 31 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

7:41

Strategy & Ops Leader: The Wolf of West Village

AI meets finance in a job ad so bold, it might just break investing... and your sanity.

Aug 28 • Paul Austin-Menear and Jennifer Houle

54:50

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