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What happened when you got fired? Pam Mandel wants to know. Tagged as explicit for swearing, expect lots of eff bombs. A collaboration with producer Amy Guth.

Pam Mandel


    • May 9, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    S1 E33: Copywriter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 66:12


    Pam gets the axe from her copywriting job, says eff that noise, and...  starts a podcast? What? Featuring CANNED's behind the scene enabler and producer, Amy Guth as this week's guest host. 

    S1 E32: Regional Banker

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 39:18


    Amber wasn't even on company time. She was literally off the clock. And she got the axe anyway.  Also, hey, here's that Antiwork Reddit Sub we mention at the intro. Fun fact, my former project manager is the one who turned me on to Antiwork. I miss him every day, working with him was great. When your project manager is an antiwork guy, you know you're on the right team. 

    S1 E31: Design Manager

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 48:03


    Dylan is going to make it through this year if it kills him. 

    Interlude 6: Union Official

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 48:05


    Jez Stewart from Prospect (a union that represents 157,000 workers in the UK) takes us through what a union does and why we want to be part of one. 

    Interlude 5: HR WTF

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 47:57


    Rebecca Weaver, founder and CEO of HRuprise, talks us through the structural pitfalls of HR, why it's broken, and we can do to protect ourselves. 

    E30: Content Director/Associate Sales and Marketing Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 48:29


    Delia was fired twice in one year, and that sucked ... a lot. Also, we have the chance to learn what's different about getting canned here in these United States vs. north of the border in Canada. 

    Interlude 4: Certified Financial Planner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 56:35


    Your paycheck has dematerialized, what the hell are you supposed to do now?  Meet Anita Gray, a certified financial planner at Promenade Wealth, who helps us understand how to prepare for getting canned and what to do with our money if -- when -- we get the axe.    A quick disclaimer (and we do this in the audio, too) -- don't take this as investment advice.     

    S1 E29: Art Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 73:46


    Settle in, friends, for Ben's wild tale of bad behavior, mistaken identity, and things literally falling apart. Producer Amy and I were both so confounded by this story that there's a bonus segment where the two of us settle in for some serious WTF time. 

    S1 E28: Tourism Communications Manager

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 44:21


    Leif inadvertently schedules the meeting in which he gets fired.  Find Leif's books on his website.   

    S1 E27: Trainee Story Wrangler

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 42:41


    Mike is very much not himself in the interivew. It ends... like you'd expect. Badly.  Mike has a newsletter called Everything is Amazing. He's kinda internet famous for it.   

    S1 E26 Video Producer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 42:26


    Quincy learns the hard way that you should download your contacts and your work on the regular. You might lose access to that stuff and then what? 

    S1 E25: Pizza Delivery Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 25:21


    Beware the bungee-in boss. And dry the trays, you punk-ass kid. 

    S1 E24: Director of Economic Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 36:31


    Do not ask Jamie to tell you about a time. Don't do it. 

    S1 E23: Editor in Chief: Cooking App

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 31:10


    Matt ignores the signs at his own peril. 

    S1 E22 Editor, Writer, and Author of Sad Sacked

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 45:50


    When Liz's husband got canned, she worried about how they'd manage. Badly, it turns out, because she got canned too. 

    S1 E21: Company Founder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 54:36


    It's weird to be shown the door of the company you founded, but that's what happened to Rand. 

    Interlude 3: Uncanned!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 60:03


    "It takes me on a little journey, every single episode. There's very philosophical moments, there's heartwarming, there's "holy shit, that was some fucked up shit that happened, and there's always something that makes me laugh out loud."  Pam and Amy (the superstar producer behind CANNED) talk about how CANNED happened, what we've learned, revisit some greatest hits, and drop some eff bombs because you got fired, it's fucked up.   

    S1 E20: Adjunct Math Professor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 59:41


    Abbas goes all in and files a FOIA request to find out why he wasn't give classes for the subsequent term and ends up going through the looking glass. Apparently it started with... a parking ticket? What? 

    S1 E19: Director of Content Marketing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 26:46


    Donna says she'll be haunted for the rest of her days about why she got fired.  We hope that's not true, but we get, given that she was, by all accounts, a hero at her job. 

    S1 E18: Waitress

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 32:01


    Carol says maybe you shouldn't take a swing at your boss, even if you think they really deserve it. Also! Some bonus information about working with a career coach. 

    S1 E17: Senior User Experience Designer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 36:14


    Morgan thinks there's a good chance you were doing the right thing, that's why you got canned. 

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    S1 E16: Chiropractor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 30:41


    Win reads the Scientology rule book and gets fired anyway. 

    S1 E15: House Manager/Personal Assistant

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 37:59


    Kay suggests you dive deep into what defines you. Break that habit of seeking validation from your job, your stuff, your car. Focus on the real, and if that real is chickens, well, that's cool, get chickens. 

    S1 E14: Director of ECommerce

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 22:44


    Johanna turns WTF into asking for more. 

    Interlude 2: Some Legal Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 44:58


    Dominic says it's (mostly) okay to tell your story so long as you tell the truth. And do not -- I repeat, do not rush to sign those papers. Take your time. 

    Interlude 2: Some Legal Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 44:58


    Dominic reassures us it's okay to tell your story, as long as it's true. Also do not -- I repeat -- do not feel pressured to sign those papers. 

    S1 E13: Victim's Advocate

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 36:45


    Melissa isn't fooled, she knows what that **** is about.  Learn more about the Great Skate Tour on Instagram.  

    S1 E12: Office Assistant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 14:37


    Sarah's manager is right there, I mean, RIGHT there. 

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    S1 E11: Catering Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 39:04


    CeCe tries to save the day. Spoiler alert, the day was not saved. 

    S1 E10: Radio Producer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 37:46


    Keith's wakes up from his dream job. 

    S1 E9: Reporter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 37:30


    Sari takes the fall.----more---- Find Sari's work at Oldster, Memoir Land, and Adventures in Journalism. 

    S1 E8: Busboy/Dishwasher

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 16:24


    Andrew takes the dessert cart for one last spin around the dining room.  ----more---- Andrew Evans is the author of The Black Penguin. 

    Interlude 1: A Little Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 26:41


    Grant helps us navigate the messy feelings of getting fired.  Get in touch with Grant at Counseling 4 Nerds.  Find a therapist at Psychology Today. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack Find a therapist at Psychology Today  Learn more about Grant at Counseling 4 Nerds

    S1 E7 Air Guardsman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 46:14


    Frank doesn't trust the man. At all.  ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E6: Remodeling Project Coordinator

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 22:54


    Katie still flips off the building when she drives by. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E5 English Teacher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 17:29


    Shauna's safe choice ends up being not so safe.  ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E4: Marketing Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 22:22


    Scott has had better New Year's greetings.  ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E3: Restaurant Waitstaff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 15:59


    Che's name just isn't on the schedule.  ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E2: Senior Technical Writer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 26:47


    Kevin spends some time in the BBQ joint parking lot. ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

    S1 E1: Travel Content Creator

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 26:35


    Jessica has few regrets but she wishes she hadn't hugged her asshole ex-boss.  ----more---- Want to tell your story or offer a job to a guest? Contact us at talktocanned@gmail.com. CANNED is an FADJ collaboration between Pam Mandel and Amy Guth. Intro/outro track: Better by Dizzy Canned logo by Doug Mack

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