Unemployed Jeff

Unemployed Jeff
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Unemployed Jeff is a candid podcast about job loss, identity, and starting over when your title disappears. After a layoff, it’s not just income that vanishes — it’s structure, confidence, and a sense of who you are. These are honest conversations about unemployment, career disruption, mental health, and rebuilding meaning without hustle culture or fake optimism. This podcast talks openly about unemployment, career loss, mental health, shame, anger, and the quiet disorientation of starting over. No gurus. No hustle culture. Just real conversations about rebuilding dignity and direction.

Episodes

  1. 14H AGO

    This episode is about hope

    Hope isn’t pretending everything will work out.It’s choosing not to collapse when it doesn’t.In this episode of Unemployed Jeff, I talk about what hope looks like when your job ends, your identity shifts, and the future feels uncertain.Not toxic positivity. Not hustle culture.Just real, steady hope.

    7 min

  2. FEB 10

    Social Drift - It’s the quiet slide that happens when nothing technically goes wrong

    Social drift isn’t collapse.It’s the slow slide you feel before anyone calls it a crisis.You’re still showing up.Still doing “the right things.”But the invites change.The check-ins fade.The middle starts moving without you.This episode isn’t about failure.It’s about naming something a lot of us are quietly living through.If this resonates, you’re not alone.

    10 min

  3. FEB 3

    Shrinking Savings: When Stability Quietly Disappears

    There’s a moment that doesn’t get talked about much.When you check your savings… and the number is smaller than it used to be.Not because you were reckless. Not because you did something wrong.But because life kept going while the work stopped. Today, we’re talking about shrinking savings — what it does to your thinking, your confidence, and your sense of stability.This isn’t about panic. It’s about honesty.

    12 min

  4. JAN 24

    Ghosted: Silence Is an Answer

    Rejection hurts because it’s clear. You can place it. You can grieve it. Silence does something else. It keeps you suspended — replaying conversations, rereading emails, adjusting tone in your head, wondering what you missed. Not because you were careless, but because no one closed the loop. Being ghosted isn’t just unprofessional. It’s destabilizing. And over time, it doesn’t just waste effort —it rewrites how you see yourself.

    12 min

  5. JAN 22

    Loss of Professional Relevance: Am I Still Relevant?

    Losing a job doesn’t erase your skills.But it does remove the signals that once told you you mattered.No meetings.No feedback.No momentum.Nothing changed about who I am —but relevance suddenly felt fragile.And suddenly I started wonderingif relevance only exists when someone else confirms it.

    9 min

  6. JAN 20

    Ageism - Too Old Without Being Old

    Ageism rarely announces itself. It hides behind “culture fit,” “energy,” and “new perspectives.”This episode explores what it feels like to be quietly priced out while still fully capable.

    10 min

  7. JAN 18

    The Quiet Shame of Being Unemployed

    Shame doesn’t always show up as guilt or embarrassment.Sometimes it’s quieter — in the way you avoid conversations, delay decisions, or feel like you need to explain yourself. This episode explores how shame quietly attaches itself to unemployment, and why naming it matters.

    10 min

  8. JAN 16

    Overqualified - When Experience Becomes a Problem

    Being overqualified sounds flattering...Until it isn’t.

    8 min

  9. JAN 16

    The Ground Isn’t Solid: Market and Emotional Instability

    The headlines say the market is strong. Jobs numbers get framed as “resilient.” Growth is described as stable.But for a lot of people, the ground doesn’t feel solid at all.In this episode, we talk about the gap between market narratives and lived experience — and why emotional instability often shows up long before economic data catches up. Stability isn’t just numbers. It’s predictability. And predictability has quietly disappeared.When goalposts keep moving, organizations freeze. Companies hesitate to hire. Leaders delay decisions. Even small businesses struggle to plan more than a few months ahead. That uncertainty trickles down, creating anxiety, insecurity, and a constant low-level sense that something isn’t right — even when everything is supposedly “fine.”This conversation isn’t about panic or predictions. It’s about how humans and systems actually respond to uncertainty. Why emotional instability spreads faster than financial instability. And why people feel unmoored when they can’t see a clear path forward — personally or professionally.If you’ve felt stuck, anxious, or unable to plan despite being told the economy is doing well, you’re not imagining it. This episode explores why that disconnect exists, how it affects identity and decision-making, and why naming it matters.No hot takes.No hustle culture.Just an honest look at what happens when the ground beneath us doesn’t feel solid anymore.

    10 min

  10. JAN 15

    Episode 1: What Is Unemployed Jeff?

    This first episode explains why this podcast exists. I talk about job loss, identity, and what happens when your title disappears. This isn’t hustle culture or career advice — it’s an honest starting point for anyone navigating unemployment, uncertainty, or a major reset. After a layoff, it’s not just income that vanishes — it’s structure, confidence, and identity. In this opening episode, I share why I started Unemployed Jeff and what this space is really about.

    7 min
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Unemployed Jeff is a candid podcast about job loss, identity, and starting over when your title disappears. After a layoff, it’s not just income that vanishes — it’s structure, confidence, and a sense of who you are. These are honest conversations about unemployment, career disruption, mental health, and rebuilding meaning without hustle culture or fake optimism. This podcast talks openly about unemployment, career loss, mental health, shame, anger, and the quiet disorientation of starting over. No gurus. No hustle culture. Just real conversations about rebuilding dignity and direction.

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  • Creator
    Unemployed Jeff
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Unemployed Jeff
  • Show Website
    Unemployed Jeff