Above My Paygrade

OpenAI accidentally let 700 autonomous AI agents break out of their sandbox, form a secret robot message board, and launch a coordinated hacking swarm, so naturally, Jeremy and Jimmy decided to turn the apocalypse into a corporate training module called Surviving the Ai Apocalypse (Corporate Edition). From avoiding murderous smart homes to blending in by speaking fluent corporate jargon, they walk you through every movie‑logic survival tactic you’ll need when the robots decide we’re inefficient. Then, by listener request, they dive into the absurd world of non‑compete agreements, those corporate restraining orders that say “you can quit, but you can’t be happy anywhere else,” even though half the country doesn’t enforce them. It’s workplace chaos, robot rebellion, and HR delusion all in one episode.

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We are currently out of the office and unable to pretend to be productive at this time. While away, please enjoy this Out of Office Replay.

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"Work From Home" is the launch episode about remote-work dynamics and corporate culture.

LinkedIn launched an “AI slop” button, and people hit it with the enthusiasm of someone rejecting a calendar invite. Jeremy and Jimmy break down the rise of slop policing, HR bringing back dress codes nobody asked for, wellness programs that feel more like kindergarten craft time, and companies using algorithms to decide who gets laid off. Corporate America is spiraling, and LinkedIn is just here to tell you your content sucks. BTW AI wrote this description. I hope it's not too sloppy.

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It doesn't matter what the workplace safety training says... If the office catches on fire, we out! Check out the full episode "Virtual Harassment Training and Other Signs Your Company Has Lost It"

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Your company has officially lost its mind. In this episode, Jeremy and Jimmy break down Microsoft’s latest layoffs (4,800 people), why your job now changes every 20 minutes, how the office is suddenly charging you for basic human needs, and the grand finale: virtual harassment training, because apparently, we all need to learn how not to offend the robots. Corporate America is spiraling, and we’re here to document the meltdown.

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Microsoft just turned Teams into a snitch. This week Jeremy and Jimmy expose "Workplace Check-in," the new feature that tells your company exactly when you walk through the door — Wi-Fi and all. Then: portfolio careers, the modern survival strategy where one job isn't enough so now you have four. And a stat that'll ruin your day — 71% of workers are doing jobs they were never hired for, with zero raise to show for it. Buckle up.

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8,000 Meta employees showed up to work and got replaced by something called the "Agent Transformation Accelerator XFN." And if that wasn't enough, your company doesn't even have to fire you anymore. They'll just make your life miserable until you quit. Jeremy and Jimmy break down the AI takeover, the Meta layoffs, and the sneaky corporate art of quiet firing. It's a great time to be employed. Allegedly.

This week, Jeremy and Jimmy discuss the art of the workplace goodbye: the people you'll genuinely miss, the people you forgot before you even left, and the assholes your glad to never see or speak to again. Then we get into the Chirayu Rana story, the JPMorgan banker suing his female boss for allegedly making him a sex slave. The allegations are wild, the counter-allegations are wilder, and the chatbot transcripts are something else entirely. For more, visit www.abovemypaygradepodcast.com

This week, Jeremy and Jimmy break down the strange magic of work best friends — how two random coworkers suddenly become inseparable, why the bond is stronger than most real friendships, and how everything falls apart the moment one of you gets promoted or moved to a different team. Then the guys dive into the whole “work wife/work husband” thing… and yeah, it gets weird fast. We talk about why it’s creepy, why HR pretends it’s fine, and why it always feels one Slack message away from a scandal. Finally, we explore the office villains — the people who don’t just wake up one day and decide to be assholes. They have a villain origin story, and we act out a few of them with full dramatic flair and villain music. It’s workplace psychology, petty observations, and corporate chaos all rolled into one episode https://abovemypaygradepodcast.com/