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The BARF

The BARF

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Breaking news, Acquisitions, Research, and Funding is The BARF. A look back into last week’s most talked about news in the world of work, what’s happened, what does it mean, and why should you care. Analysis that you can understand without a Ph.D. Proudly brought to you by WRKdefined with hosts William Tincup and Ryan Leary.All rights reserved by WRKdefined 政治・政府
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  • Could AI Become Evidence Against Your Company?

    Could AI Become Evidence Against Your Company?
    2026/06/22
    Companies love talking about culture. Then a manager tells an employee they should've skipped the hospital after a car accident and come back to work. That's where this episode starts. The conversation digs into toxic leadership, whether AI conversations could eventually become evidence in workplace lawsuits, what social media actually tells us about employees, and why some people may try to avoid AI altogether. Along the way, there's a debate about quiet workplace cultures, companies that are honest about what it's really like to work there, and whether refusing to use AI today is the equivalent of refusing to use email twenty years ago. Key Takeaways Culture is what employees experience every day. A mission statement doesn't mean much if a manager's response to a workplace injury tells a different story. Emails. Slack messages. Internal documents. AI conversations may simply become the next place lawyers go looking when questions need answers. One post doesn't tell you much. Thirty-three posts complaining about thirty-three different companies might. They want the culture they want. Some people want collaboration. Some want quiet. Some want flexibility. Some want structure. The challenge is knowing the difference before accepting the job. Amazon came up as an example. Enterprise came up as an example. Not because everyone wants to work there, but because they tend to be clear about expectations. You know what you're signing up for. Just understand your peers may not. The conversation closes with a software engineer who received an accommodation to avoid using AI tools and whether that decision ultimately helps or hurts long-term performance. Chapters: 00:00 Beer Talk, Graduation Week, and Lemonade Stands 05:09 Toxic Leadership and Workplace Injuries 09:05 Could AI Become Evidence in Future Lawsuits? 16:29 What Social Media Really Tells Us About Employees 22:02 Quiet Workplaces, Culture, and Productivity 24:00 Companies That Tell the Truth About Culture 26:58 Religious Accommodations and AI 33:45 SHRM, the Candy Wheel, and Closing Thoughts Connect with Us : William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/ Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/ WRKdefined : Site: http://www.wrkdefined.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrkdefined LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wrkdefined Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRKdefined/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WRKdefined Substack: https://wrkdefined.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 分
  • AI Is Eliminating Entry-Level Jobs. Who Trains Tomorrow’s Experts?

    AI Is Eliminating Entry-Level Jobs. Who Trains Tomorrow’s Experts?
    2026/06/09
    Everyone’s excited about AI replacing tasks. Almost nobody is talking about what happens when there’s nobody left to learn those tasks in the first place. Nick explores a growing workforce problem: if AI removes the bottom rung of the career ladder, where do future experts come from? The real risk isn’t job loss. It’s talent loss. AI adoption, skills-based hiring, workforce development, quality of hire, recruiting, future of work. This conversation challenges some of the biggest assumptions about automation and hiring. In this episode… Nick hares why skills-based hiring is accelerating, why AI may create a future talent shortage, and why companies should focus on ability over pedigree. Sharp discussion on hiring bias, quality of hire, AI adoption, workforce planning, and the unintended consequences of automation. Key Takeaways : • Nick argues AI should support hiring decisions, not make them entirely, because hiring still requires human judgment and nuance • “Humans first” remains his preferred approach to hiring despite rapid advances in AI • AI can improve bad processes, but it can also make bad processes fail faster if organizations do not redesign them first • The panel believes bias will never disappear completely from hiring, whether decisions are made by humans, AI, or both • Nick suggests hiring bias should move toward demonstrated ability and skill rather than pedigree, school names, or previous employers • The conversation draws an important distinction between preference and hiring bias, arguing transparency matters when evaluating candidates • Gartner surveyed more than 110 HR leaders and found growing concern that AI could eliminate many traditional entry-level roles • According to the discussion, AI is expected to create more jobs than it replaces, but many of those jobs may require different skills than today’s entry-level work • One major concern: if junior employees never enter the workforce, organizations may struggle to develop future senior talent • William argues entry-level work will evolve rather than disappear, with future workers managing AI systems instead of performing repetitive tasks • The panel predicts experience will become a weaker proxy for talent as skills-based hiring gains momentum • Gartner data discussed on the show suggested roughly 40% of surveyed organizations had already eliminated roles they considered obsolete, many of them entry-level positions • Nick believes skills assessments will become increasingly important as organizations look for proof of capability rather than relying on resumes and tenure alone Guest : Nick Leslie Co-Founder and CEO of Canditech, helping organizations hire based on demonstrated skills through job simulations and assessments that identify who can actually do the job before they get it. LinkediN : https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickleslieprofile/ Connect with Us : William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/ Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/ WRKdefined : Site: http://www.wrkdefined.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrkdefined LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wrkdefined Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRKdefined/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WRKdefined Substack: https://wrkdefined.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 分
  • Candidate Feedback Report '26 | Amazon Launches AI Hiring Platform | UKG Cuts 950 Jobs | Rippling Hits $16.8B

    Candidate Feedback Report '26 | Amazon Launches AI Hiring Platform | UKG Cuts 950 Jobs | Rippling Hits $16.8B
    2026/05/13
    The hiring stack is breaking in real time. Amazon, Greenhouse, UKG. Everybody’s rebuilding recruiting while candidates and AI bots flood the system. Recruiting used to be messy. Now it’s machine vs machine. Recruiters are drowning in applications, candidates want everything on demand, and the old workflows are getting exposed hard. 412%... That’s how much applications per recruiter have exploded since 2023. AI-generated resumes are flooding the funnel, companies are cutting headcount, and recruiting teams are trying to keep up with duct tape workflows. In this episode, we rip through layoffs, AI interviewing, candidate experience, recruiting tech, Amazon Connect Talent, Greenhouse, and why hiring is turning into AI versus AI. In this episode…You’ll hear why UKG’s 950-person layoff isn’t really about AI, how Amazon might finally crack recruiting at scale, why Greenhouse bought voice-first interviewing tech, and why candidates now expect hiring to work like Netflix, Uber, and Amazon. Fast. Mobile. On demand. Key Takeaways : UKG cut 950 jobs in its latest restructuring round The Kronos + Ultimate merger created a $3B company with 80,000+ customers Applications per recruiter jumped 412% since 2023 AI-generated resumes are flooding recruiting funnels at insane scale Greenhouse acquired Ezra AI Labs for voice-first interviewing Amazon’s “Connect Talent” could turn Prime users into recruiting data gold Candidates increasingly expect interviews on their own schedule Recruiters are now using AI to fight AI-generated candidate spam IKEA once hid job ads inside furniture instruction manuals in Australia Companies are gaming job boards by labeling office jobs as “remote” GoDaddy makes canceling domains feel like an endurance sport Candidate experience is becoming the real competitive advantage Sign up and stand a chance to win freebies : https://wrkdefined.com/canditech Connect with Us : William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/ Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/ WRKdefined : Site: http://www.wrkdefined.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrkdefined LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wrkdefined Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRKdefined/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WRKdefined Substack: https://wrkdefined.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 分
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