My own perspective is when everyone's in the office, you can feel the culture. You look at it every day, you can feel it. So, so what's the big deal? Chad Sowash: Yeah. Chad Sowash: Feels very Gen Z. Does it not? Joel Cheesman: Yeah, it does. Chad Sowash: Do you feel like it's gonna get more vanilla though?

Joel: I don't feel like you need to have a disorder to enjoy this. SFX: Did you feel the tension in the air right now? I know I can. I can feel it all the way down in my plums. Joel: That's right. Chad: It caught fire because we go deep, Chad. SFX: Just the tip. Joel: That's right. That's right, we go deep on this one. All right, Chad.

Deal? Oh and by the way, Elin and Charlotte from TNG says hi. They think I should stop talking now.

The $304 Million Mistake: Jeff reveals the "back of the napkin" deal he had to buy LinkedIn in 2003—and What's called a dilutive deal which means that our... And I feel like I... For me, that is interesting because programmatic is a pretty goddamn big deal right now. Right? How did you feel? What did you see? And at that point, where... Is that where really the...

That's kind of a big deal. We're talking about $7.5 billion for this deal. My short list of winners in this deal, number one, goes to LinkedIn. In terms of the losers of the deal, I mentioned Indeed and Glassdoor. I think Google's a loser in this deal.

How do they deal with this? I can feel it all the way down in my plums. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Chad, your thoughts on the Multiverse Searchlight deal? Now I feel kind of bad.

They got this deal, which is great. And look at what we have to deal with today. Fuckers. This doesn't even feel half baked. It doesn't feel like a plan at all. The Chad (47:25.688) I feel ya. Please God make this feel go, please God make this putt, please God.

Chad (06:57.867) and you started talking about some of the startups that you actually deal with in many And I would say it's an even bigger problem in our local specialism around here in Cambridge is deep Now, most of the founders that we talk to, they feel like they had a problem coming in. But in this case, Mike, I've got some good feeling about this because the way that they're thinking about So I mean, these little things matter. you do, you deal with teams, you deal with the product, the branding

Tyler Weeks: Yeah, actually, that's where I feel like one of the... I still feel like a rookie in the HR world and I'm going to use the new guy card for 20 years. You can automate somebody's work or part of it, they will feel just as busy. So what I've started to say is that I feel like the place to innovate and the place that I really see Lazy apply, deep fakes.

Chad, you got any thoughts on this deal? Chad (22m 6s): I'm finishing a cracker. Otherwise it feels a lot like putting a, you know, square peg in a round hole. It feels like a little bit of a spyware platform wrapped into a remote teamwork, kind of deal. So from, to me, it just feels a lot like a knife in a gunfight. So as I had said, I feel like Nike is truly lost their way in comparison.

Feel free... 0:00:57.1 Chad Sowash: Give it up. Come on. And so I think that it feels super unsettling for the team. And so now I'm feeling the real pain of like, oh God. And you can really feel being back at sort of square one. The pain is super real. 0:36:28.0 Vijay Mani: So you cannot just rely on intuition and gut feel.

Chad: There was a Del Taco next door. Joel: Del Taco and a Jersey Mike's at some point. Joel: Yeah, they have track records of taking companies public or cashing out sort of big deals. It feels more like, let's try to get to a point where we can get a top notch CEO. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Joel: Alright, gang, we are back. They made that deal last year when they needed those motherfuckers in the seats.

Chad: I'm not feeling that. I don't know what your problem is. You're hopefully not dealing with any kind of trials and tribulations. SFX: Can you feel the tension... Chad: Yes. SFX: In the air right now? Joel: Oh, I can feel it. I can feel it all the way down in my plum. I stuck it to Jasper, which makes me feel good.

Chad (10:24.062) Okay. qualified individuals, how do you deem? Because fair enough because what because we're dealing in cryptocurrency and you can deal in fractional For all the reasons that we can get to that we all know is wrong with the market in general, they feel How you feel? Josh Sklut (34:57.09) Understood. All good. Feel free to download the app. We have 95,000 followers on X, so feel free to jump on X.

It’s kind of a big deal. Yeah, it’s kind of a big deal too, and hold onto those employees are particularly tricky. Joel: Now acquisitions are a big deal in this space. Madeline Laurano: Yes. But it feels like there's been such a huge push to push everybody back into the office. And it was such a good feeling for this candidate... Chad: Wow.

Enjoy while Aida reaches down deep for her inner Ivan Drago pitches XOR, then ducks, bobs, weaves and the people that hire talent at higher pace, the companies that are hiring at the same pace that are dealing KJ: No, if you're deploying an LP and there's a bit of a deep learning into that, then it's very difficult we'll show you everything, like very tailored to your specific needs based on the things that you're dealing

Why deal with TSA cavity searches when you can sip wine on grandma’s terrace in Lisbon? No big deal. Joel (10:24.223) Sam Canadian. Lieven (10:26.765) Canadian is fine. So it feels like the 92 million is a necessary adjustment because if they don't invest now, they're, And I think I always have mixed feelings with those agents. Pepper spot of where maybe rippling and deal worth the Lieven (23:25.773) Mm-hmm.

learn some stuff that, a little bit outside of where I normally play, you know, more finance, more deals And when you compare them and the problem is there's nobody else the size of a deed. You get rejected by a thousand. or 5000 or 50 ,000, you just feel like a loser. That's a big deal because verified people is kind of the future. I mean, it feels like we're having a conversation from the early 2000s, right?

Some people I'm sure will vote because deep inside they are against Islam or against whatever, but they And I thought the second party, VVD it's called, was going to make a deal with Geert Wilders' party. And the deal could be Geert Wilders would say, I'm going to to settle down a bit and I'm going to be I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! Lieven: Manuel. Okay, please go on. That's a luxury you didn't have to deal with when money was free. Now you have to deal with it.

I mean, we really didn't talk to them much to begin with because like guy that you know, I was dealing we're gonna let you do the business, we're just gonna sort of be there to support and then when the deal was signed, and what kind of due diligence did you do before the deal that may have surprised you? Joel Cheesman (18:37.873) Did you feel ambushed? Joel Cheesman (31:33.447) And you mentioned the gut feeling.

Deep fakes. Avatars. Google's Bard. I mean, we did see IBM with Deep Blue beat, you know, chess Grand Master, Gary Kasparov in '97, then So if you're talking to your surgeon, right, your surgeon can go very, very deep domain specific, let's From my perspective, this technology and deep fakes and sounding like the CEO, right? Because they feel that's part of the experience if you're applying for Tesla and they wanna use their

And so what I feel does is we try to help with mental resilience. And this year we have a $2.2 million contract to help soldiers and kind of deal with stress and then It's awful, lonely people feel isolated, people feel anxious. with stress so that, you know, they feel comfortable with it and they can actually deal with it at home How do you feel? Trung (32m 28s): I feel good. I feel good. Yeah.

Some of the things we really emphasize are companies that are looking for diversity and that have deep What we started with given my deep messaging background is how to make sure ... But I believe Entelo and us are the only two people who are doing the deep analysis on diversity and But I think we have to handle the nuance as it is and deal with it. Joel: And do you have any special deals for our valued listeners?

That's right after receiving 20 Emmy nominations, four wins and most definitely the surprise feel good Ted Lasso has struck a deal with England's premier league that will allow the series to use premier league Some highlights, UK leads the continent with 16 deals closed. Germany second with seven deals. The rest of the continent represented 14 other deals. good PR and why not in Europe, where by the way, we have a ton of lawsuits and antitrust issues to deal

I remember the deal with Simply Hired. Do you that where they partnered with Resume Rabbit? I think, it just feels like so many trends are going against the traditional resume. Cause if you tell me this was a five or six kind of deal, then I might believe it. Yeah. numbers than maybe the employment industry is used to dealing with. with, you know, five star ratings, you're dealing with reviews, something like this, you're dealing

We need a little deep dive into the yoga vegans. Joel (1m 5s): He's a complex person. What are you dealing with today? And so what I truly believe is one of the hardest things for companies to deal with right now is how craft of sourcing or recruiting, but I also want them to have high business acumen, have, you know, deep I would think that work from home would help you scale significantly, but maybe you feel differently.

In coming up through the military, how much did you actually have to deal with personnel, HR, those types Chad: Oh, it feels like the boomers, we were raised by boomers, so it feels like that's kind of like General Honoré: We'll deal with that. Chad: Yeah. I ain't feeling good today. I'm seeing fucking little elephants floating around in the air. General Honoré: Man, I'm not feeling well. I feel like I wanna hurt myself. Oh man.

Now you all know what I have to deal with. Yeah, I'm pretty sure you guys all know about Panda with 30,000, employees deep. We're global now. Nobody feels good. And that's why I feel like AI is gonna truly help. Joel: And feel free to name names [laughter] Jessica Swank: I like being provocative.

Joel Cheesman (02:18.111) It feels like it is. yeah. So if you have any it Italian tips, either Chad or anyone out there, feel free to hit me up. we're doing All right, I'll do I'll deal with the pasta and the linguini or whatever. Joel Cheesman (34:13.751) Tell us how you really feel, Chad. You're on a roll. deal that's advantageous for us.

Joel Cheesman (03:45.526) I feel bad for people that slip on the stairs because that is the angle and It's a Thanksgiving flick, but you know, it still has the holiday feel good feelings. She was even on our little show. so if you want to check the archives, feel free, feel free to do that So the deal didn't happen, but I, we, we became sort of quick friends and kept in touch. Maureen Clough (38:17.774) Seriously, dude, it makes me feel like it can do anything though.

Lieven: First one is, I'm feeling the LinkedIn love for the first time. a feeling we could buy it for a bargain and we can make more out of it afterwards. Because there's so much technical debt that Monster was dealing with personally. Monster's been around for 20 plus, so I mean, it was dealing with a lot. A very intelligent prompt, which sure makes me feel better...

Tune in for a deep dive into the trenches of workforce talk. This is real deal, in the trenches workforce talk here, Josh. I hope you're ready. You're dealing with people who have a myriad of difficulties from preventative care to, you know, the Maybe it was more on chemistry, but I really want people to feel it more than I want to holler.

And I don't like the, it just feels a bit creepy, know, invasion of privacy. That's just me. Feels kind of like garden variety, We need to do something. Let's let's lay off some people. It just feels like companies, and this is a little bit of theme of the show. Emi (52:02.273) Yeah send out more feelings. Emi (52:12.332) No. Like just give me a r I'm kinda I feel kind of embarrassed I'm there anyway.

[laughter] SFX: Can you feel the tension in the air right now? I know. I can feel it. I can feel it all the way down in my plums. Joel: That's right. private equity or company that bought this deal. Joel: Alice Spring chicken to make me feel better about myself. So big fucking deal.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed along with Greenhouse Lever, enjoyed a "cool kids" and I'm using , if this was on the clearance track or not, I'm betting, they would all say, yeah, we sold it at a deep ATS is deem to be in a potential squeeze here, right? I don't know if you're feeling a little heat from the boiling water, but, Rocky might be getting a little Chick-fil-A take some orders and deal with customers for a fried chicken meal.

This feels like a big old fuck you to the US Department of Labor. So personally, this feels like the start of a massive global restructuring for Microsoft. Stephen McGrath (24:21.219) Yeah, peel box. Chad Sowash (24:29.63) Yes. Feels really like like a smart play to get acquired. I mean, it feels like Day Force really needs this.

Joel Cheesman (02:14.364) Feel free to dumb it down, Jim. Feel free to like lower the, yeah. This feels different though. And it feels like that's too. It's like, they understand? That's a big deal. This does not feel different.

Because why deal with human drama when you can have an algorithm do the job? Feel free to call me Cupid because I have the killer option for that special someone. Maybe they're great deals. I feel like the fear now is the job ain't coming back. And I think really just feel like, well, when it hits me and it happens to me, I'll deal with it then

Patti Tabris: They feel rewarded. They feel excited about the company. It feels like a Patagonia type brand that you stay the course. And I don't know where it's gonna land, but I have a feeling it's gonna land in. Chad, shit's getting deep, deep at Amazon. 'Cause the robots can't feel yet.

This is what we deal with. Keith Hulen: As far as like dealing against competitors like... Secondarily, they are hard to get on the phone to make a deal, any of that shit, right? We feel pretty good about raising 8-10 million dollars in the coming six months. Ultimately, four years into this, it just it feels like a knife in a gunfight.

of don't like this deal. Are you buyer or seller of this deal. What's going on? I feel like we're on a game show. Joel (38m 30s): Chad, you know, I love a good deal. Right. You know, I love a good, good deal on some egg slippers.

And it's not that I feel like the universal design is short-sighted. And I feel like it's a best attempt in the time, wherever it's... I also feel like we should be spending a great deal of time in organizational redesign, which is where Torin Ellis: Not feel like, I know it is. Because I signed six-figure deals. Joel: That's great. So here's the deal though.

Jason Radisson: I think one of the biggest things we struggled with was dealing with airports, and we And we got participation down, so we got less workers to deal with, we've got to make more of the workers Well, surge pricing, if you're dealing with 1099s, it's surge pricing, if you're dealing with your own Other than that, it really feels like Movo is skating to the puck. How do you feel? Jason Radisson: Thanks guys, it's been awesome, yeah.

And we kind of feel that day to day, but you've kind of like broken it down into different archetypes And so I feel like that's what happened here. Being able to deal with financial people when we're worried about like our Chad (11:02.853) legal. Like the more specialized you are in that business, I feel like the more effective you're gonna be at And I feel like HR is a whole lot of barrel apples where they've been around a long time.

Joel (01:46.952) downtown Dallas Dallas Dallas feels like the road warrior without the apocalypse or I have three main thoughts on the Zoom bright hire deal. potential buyer of your service as possible. we knew from our relationship with Paradox that they were deep And I really feel like, especially when we're talking about these are infrastructure companies. But I think you'll see more of that in the future just because the deals are there to be made.

I feel like I'm substitute cheese today. I'm that substance that no one knows exactly what it is. Chad (14m 34s): And what what I mean about that is it's starting to feel more robotic in PE than human The brand must feel more human, less robotic. Well you guys, you are dealing over at Paradox, you're dealing with franchises now. with FTX, which I think existed for 20 minutes when they did that deal.

Lieven (01:04.622) Yeah Chad Sowash (01:09.299) I feel good. Lieven (06:50.464) I'm feeling safer, feeling safer already. Yeah. It's gonna be a long year. feel like it's. That makes me feel better. I like freestyle. We actually feel we need a level playing field.

listening in podcast land, and you are attracting the wrong candidates, and we know you are, or you feel Max: And then you can decide whether you want to do deep screening or not, depending But actually, 90% of our deals we end up doing them with a sourcing manager and a recruitment manager So, bring the people in and then do the deep screening, and the profile analysis. You feel like there's personality.

with it, and because our guiding principle is about engaging with candidates in a way that makes them feel comfortable, on a platform they feel comfortable with, and on their time, we're seeing, again, universal Eric: When you're dealing with someone in text, they're not just going to say We've got a deep partnership with Bullhorn. We work seamlessly with these so that we have a deep API integration, to be able to not only be able

Three guys who feel totally violated by all the European privacy laws, and we kinda like it. I feel like there'll be a few Americans there. But it is a cool deal. These countries get really fired up, as they normally do. Joel: Please feel free to not because it'd make for a great show. But otherwise... To me, it feels warm and fuzzy, it feels... The connection is there, and it's real.