Amy and Pam ask the important questions like... How do you fuck up being a mermaid?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Your paycheck has dematerialized, what the hell are you supposed to do now? Meet Anita Gray, a financial planner and owner 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. For these interludes, our guests are folks who may not have been canned themselves, but can provide insights on various aspects of getting canned.

• Considering legal action? Listen to Interlude 2: Some Legal Advice.
• Having trouble dealing with the Big Feelings after getting the axe? Try Interlude 1: We get a little therapy.
• Just want to WTF after hearing some of these stories. So do we! Here's Interlude 3: Uncanned! where producer Amy and I do just that.