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EP 12: How to Navigate Layoffs as a CEO and Make Them Transformative Moments for Your Company The Adam Jackson Show
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On this week’s episode of the Adam Jackson Show, I discuss the recent painful decision to lay off 40% of the workforce at Braintrust. It doesn't matter how many times you do it - it's never easy. I go into the thought process behind the decision, the steps taken, and what's next. I also answer a couple of listener Q&As.
Leave a comment below or tweet me @adamjacksonsf to get your questions answered on future episodes.
(0:00) Intro
(0:47) Difficult layoffs at Braintrust
(1:36) Why have layoffs?
(3:43) How do we get to this point?
(5:05) The steps I took to handle them
(8:04) What are the outcomes to look for?
(10:03) "If you're a company, how do you avoid doing riffs?"
(10:42) "Have you ever rehired someone you'd laid off or helped them find another job?"
Show Notes:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-jobs-replace-tech-workers-8f3dc92?st=kc0u9y4c1xm1ogt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5XL3gTDks8CkCAVRr3ltkg?si=ff9842a4c4824d4a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-jackson-show/id1677806381
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamjacksonshow/
About the host:
Adam Jackson is a 4x venture-backed entrepreneur and the CEO of Braintrust, a user-owned talent network that connects knowledge workers and tech workers with big companies that need them on a contract or full-time basis. He is also an active angel investor in several hundred different companies over the last 15 years, all tech startups, and has co-founded a crypto hedge fund called Cambrian.
On this week’s episode of the Adam Jackson Show, I discuss the recent painful decision to lay off 40% of the workforce at Braintrust. It doesn't matter how many times you do it - it's never easy. I go into the thought process behind the decision, the steps taken, and what's next. I also answer a couple of listener Q&As.
Leave a comment below or tweet me @adamjacksonsf to get your questions answered on future episodes.
(0:00) Intro
(0:47) Difficult layoffs at Braintrust
(1:36) Why have layoffs?
(3:43) How do we get to this point?
(5:05) The steps I took to handle them
(8:04) What are the outcomes to look for?
(10:03) "If you're a company, how do you avoid doing riffs?"
(10:42) "Have you ever rehired someone you'd laid off or helped them find another job?"
Show Notes:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-jobs-replace-tech-workers-8f3dc92?st=kc0u9y4c1xm1ogt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5XL3gTDks8CkCAVRr3ltkg?si=ff9842a4c4824d4a
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-jackson-show/id1677806381
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamjacksonshow/
About the host:
Adam Jackson is a 4x venture-backed entrepreneur and the CEO of Braintrust, a user-owned talent network that connects knowledge workers and tech workers with big companies that need them on a contract or full-time basis. He is also an active angel investor in several hundred different companies over the last 15 years, all tech startups, and has co-founded a crypto hedge fund called Cambrian.
11 min