The Chad & Cheese Podcast

The latest episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast delivers a hard-hitting breakdown of massive developments across technology, enterprise software, and corporate compliance.

The boys tackle Salesforce leading a massive $166 million investment round into HR tech provider HiBob, exploring how this ties into broader ecosystems involving competitors like Deel, Rippling, SAP, SmartRecruiters, Workday, Paradox, Greenhouse, and iCIMS.

They also break down a controversial promotional stunt by startup Lemon Lime at an unofficial Y Combinator afterparty, where attendees were offered fast-track job interviews in exchange for getting company tattoos.

The conversation then shifts to the future of labor, dissecting Bill Gates’ latest decade-long predictions regarding AI automation and workforce displacement.

Finally, the co-hosts investigate a major regulatory shakeup from the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

They explore the rollbacks of critical affirmative action hiring mandates for federal contractors, alongside a projected budget proposal that could defund the watchdog agency and transfer its remaining functions to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction to the episode and main themes

01:58 - Discussion on AI's disruptive potential in the workforce

03:59 - Recent funding and valuation of HR platforms like Hi Bob

08:04 - Policy changes impacting diversity and veteran hiring

11:57 - Humorous stories about personal experiences and industry events

19:55 - The resurgence of SaaS companies and their strategic moves

28:00 - Bill Gates' warnings on AI and workforce disruption

34:02 - The societal impact of AI and economic considerations

45:02 - The trend of using jobs for marketing and employer branding

55:02 - Humorous anecdotes about tattoos and job interviews

The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment.

Slop, Supply & the Search Process

On this episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, Joel and Chad sit down with Ben Zweig, CEO of Revelio Labs, economist, NYU Stern professor, and recovering quant who’s somehow raising three little girls while tracking the entire labor market.

Ben walks them through Revelio’s new AI Labor Market Tracker—the data-driven, non-speculative look at how AI is actually reshaping work right now.

They dig into the 28% drop in computer science majors, why companies that successfully adopt AI are growing headcount instead of cutting it, the massive friction AI is creating in the hiring process, and why 93% of the real change is happening inside jobs rather than between them.

It’s economist brain meets HR reality, with just enough New York attitude and sleep-deprived honesty to keep it dangerous.

This week on The Chad and Cheese Podcast (dubbed HR’s most dangerous podcast), hosts Chad Sowash, JT O’Donnell, and Maureen "Mo" Wiley Clough break down the latest corporate absurdities, dystopian AI trends, and labor market nonsense. Episode Highlights:

No Trust for AI: Humanoid Robots, digital AI twins and Amazon's last-mile automation.

Corporate AI Disasters: Amazon's tokenmaxxing problems.

Japan’s Big Staffing Cartel Raid: Recruits, Adecco, Manpower, and others are under investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for alleged price-fixing.

The Death of Tip Culture: A look at US restaurants ditching traditional tipping.

Dolly Parton vs. Dark Trends: The gang pays respect to the late, great Dolly Parton. In stark contrast to her generosity, the hosts call out "bro-brand" Good Good Golf and Callaway over an appalling, tone-deaf advertisement featuring a founder pushing a woman to the ground.

The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment.