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Welcome to DeluluCorp. We investigate the hidden incentives and trade-offs shaping corporate life. A decade in Big Tech. Corporate life stopped making sense, so I started taking notes. 🐒 Subscribe for a masked monkey's survival breakdowns for the professionally unconvinced. Find Us on Other Platforms: https://linktr.ee/delulucorp

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    How Corporate America Forces You to Kiss Ass

    Corporate America claims performance reviews reward talent and results. But inside massive organizations, keeping your manager comfortable can become just as important as doing good work. This video follows the incentives behind ass-kissing: why it helps corporations maintain order, what it costs the people inside them, and how to survive the system without faking who you are. Have you ever watched an ass-kisser leapfrog someone who actually deserved the promotion? DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES This video contains commentary, opinion, satire and dramatized examples. The Apple and Steve Jobs meeting scenario is a simplified hypothetical used to explain organizational incentives; it is not presented as a verbatim account of a documented meeting. All views expressed are the creator’s own and do not represent any employer or organization.

  2. Oct 15

    Why Work Makes Having Kids Feel Impossible

    Governments want more children. Many employers reward workers for acting like they have none. With parenting costs rising and genuine work-life balance disappearing, people are asking whether they have enough money, time and security to give a child a decent life. This investigation examines childcare, housing, parental leave, job insecurity and the exhausting race children may inherit. It isn’t for or against having kids. It asks whether society is making room for the parents it keeps requesting. 🐒 Investigation Mentioned in This Video: AI Will Kill Your Job. But NOT Your Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIGdkf04ag&t=243s DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • United Nations Population Fund (2025 survey across 14 countries on financial limitations, job insecurity, housing and desired family size) • U.S. Department of Labor (Family and Medical Leave Act protections and unpaid, job-protected leave) • Reuters (2026 Meta lawsuit involving alleged penalties for workers who had taken medical or family leave) • The Child Penalty Atlas (Employment differences following parenthood across 134 countries) • Statistics Korea / South Korea’s Ministry of Education (2023 private-education participation and expenditure statistics) • OECD (South Korea’s private-tutoring pressures, education competition and population decline) • Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Sweden’s 480 parental-benefit days per child) • Statistics Sweden (Sweden recording its lowest number of births in 23 years in 2025) External excerpts are used for commentary, criticism, education and news reporting. Rights to third-party materials remain with their respective owners. Commentary, analysis and opinions are my own.

  3. Oct 4

    What UFC Pay Reveals About Your Salary

    What can UFC fighter pay teach you about your own salary? Edson Barboza spent nearly 16 years fighting in the UFC. But after management, coaches, preparation costs and taxes, how much might actually remain from his final fight purse? This investigation examines the economics behind UFC fighter pay—from historical revenue splits and promotion power to the radically different bargaining positions of Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Conor McGregor. Because this isn’t only a story about combat sports. Whether you fight inside a cage or work inside a corporation, sacrifice does not determine your price. Leverage does. In the final round, we translate the fight business into three practical moves (with a unique fight sequence) you can use to protect your own career. 🐒 DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • Edson Barboza’s illustrative pay model and reported compliance pay [MMA Fighting; Yahoo Sports / MMA Junkie; DeluluCorp modelling] • Historical UFC fighter-pay comparisons [MMA Fighting; Le v. Zuffa court records] • UFC revenue and financial results [TKO Group Holdings SEC filings] • Demetrious Johnson’s pay statements and UFC departure [South China Morning Post; MMA Fighting; ESPN] • The $375 million UFC antitrust settlement [Official UFC Fighter Class Action settlement website; court records] • UFC Performance Institute services and fighter support [UFC; Yahoo Sports] Barboza’s final purse was private. His purse and expense figures are illustrative assumptions. Other pay figures are reported estimates unless officially disclosed. Commentary, analysis and opinions are my own.

  4. Sep 16

    AI Will Kill Your Job. But NOT Your Future.

    AI is going to kill jobs. But that doesn’t necessarily mean humanity is going to run out of useful things to do. In this investigation, I look at what happens when AI makes individual workers dramatically more productive, companies discover they can produce more with fewer people, and work begins moving beyond the traditional career ladder. From AI transforming existing jobs to the gig economy, portfolio careers and one-person businesses, the future of work may look considerably stranger than simply replacing humans with robots. And some of the ways we’ll make money may not even have names yet. Then I’ll leave you with three principles for navigating the transition before your current economic model changes underneath you. Your employer gets AI. But so do you. 🐒 DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • WIRED (Jacob Coxon’s resignation from Anthropic and concerns regarding increasingly capable AI systems) • Reuters (Wipro AI productivity and capacity equivalent to approximately 20,000 employees) • International Labour Organization / NASK (Generative AI occupational exposure and job transformation) • U.S. Census Bureau (2022 Nonemployer Statistics: 29.8 million nonemployer businesses and approximately $1.7 trillion in receipts) Commentary, analysis and opinions are my own.

  5. Sep 5

    I Spent a Decade in Big Tech. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.

    Big Tech built some of the world’s most valuable companies by attracting brilliant people with enormous pay, incredible perks, autonomy and the promise of changing the world. But what happens when those companies become so successful that bureaucracy stops having consequences? In this investigation, I look at how the Big Tech bargain changed: from mission-driven growth to expanding bureaucracy, internal power struggles, outsourcing and a massive contractor workforce hidden behind the glamorous image. Then I’ll leave you with three principles for navigating large organizations without letting the organization consume you. The point isn’t that everyone in Big Tech is bad. Most people are responding rationally to the incentives around them. And sometimes that’s exactly how dysfunctional systems survive. 🐒 DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • Alphabet / Google (2005 Founders’ Letter, Google AI Principles, Responsible AI Principles) • Reuters (Project Maven, Project Nimbus, Google Contractor and Supplier Policies) • The Stanford Daily (2026 Stanford Commencement Walkout, Project Nimbus and Google Government Contracts) • The New York Times / Reporting Cited Across Subsequent Coverage (Google Temporary and Contract Workforce) • The Guardian (Google Temporary, Vendor and Contract Workers) Commentary, analysis, personal experiences and opinions are my own. The “Corporate Pump-and-Dump” and “Four Ds” are editorial frameworks for explaining organizational incentives and decision-making patterns. They are not allegations that any specific individual engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful conduct. This video is intended for commentary, criticism, education and discussion. References to companies, executives, employees, contractors and public events are based on publicly available reporting and company statements. Where I discuss my own experiences or observations, I identify them as such.

  6. Aug 16

    The Ghost Job Generation: Applying For Nothing

    You applied. You waited. You heard nothing. But what if the company never planned to hire anyone? We follow the incentives behind ghost jobs, the post-pandemic hiring reversal, AI, and why companies may benefit from keeping candidates available without adding another permanent salary. I'll give you three principles to find real opportunities and become less dependent on one employer. Your job can remain part of your plan. It just can't remain your entire plan. 🐒  DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • ResumeBuilder (Ghost Job Survey) • Clarify Capital (Ghost Job Employer Survey) • Stanford Digital Economy Lab (Recent Graduate Employment Research) • Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Labor Market Data) • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment and Labor Force Data) • SFGATE (LinkedIn Workplace Relationship Survey Reporting) • Reuters (Big Tech Data Centre Lease Commitments) • New York State Legislature (Ghost Job Legislation) Commentary, analysis and opinions are my own.

  7. Jul 27

    Why Your Boss Is Acting Like a B*TCH Lately

    Why does it suddenly feel like your boss is treating you differently? In this investigation, we unpack how layoffs can become "performance management," why corporate feedback often becomes frustratingly vague, how incentives flow from Wall Street to your manager, and why one performance review should never define your self-worth. Using Meta as a case study, we'll look at layoffs, the Year of Efficiency, performance rankings, AI, and the psychology behind corporate language. Because sometimes…the company's problem becomes “your” performance problem. If this changes how you think about work, support DeluluCorp by subscribing. 🐒 DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES Research and reporting discussed in this episode include: • Reuters (Meta layoffs, AI, Scale AI Investment, Reality Labs, Shareholder filings) • Business Insider (Meta Internal Performance Memo) • The Guardian (Meta AI Layoff Lawsuit, Employee Monitoring) • Blind (Anonymous Employee Sentiment.) Commentary, analysis and opinions are my own.

  8. Jul 13

    Your Nervous System Is Under Corporate Attack!

    Your nervous system wasn't built for modern work. If you've ever felt exhausted after replying to emails, overthinking meetings, or lying awake replaying conversations... this episode is for you. We investigate why modern work keeps your brain stuck in survival mode, the science behind burnout, and practical ways to break the cycle. If this changes how you think about work, subscribe. 🐒 DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES  Sources and references for the research discussed in this episode are listed below. Commentary and opinions are my own: • Microsoft Work Trend Index (Interruption every 2 minutes) • Business Insider (Amazon return-to-office tracking and employee monitoring) • Reuters (CEO Bill Winter’s statement on low-value human capital)

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Welcome to DeluluCorp. We investigate the hidden incentives and trade-offs shaping corporate life. A decade in Big Tech. Corporate life stopped making sense, so I started taking notes. 🐒 Subscribe for a masked monkey's survival breakdowns for the professionally unconvinced. Find Us on Other Platforms: https://linktr.ee/delulucorp

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    DeluluCorp
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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