Layoffs Hit Everyone. Only Theirs Made the News.

1300 State Department layoffs = media meltdown. 9,000 Microsoft + 10,000 Intel cuts = crickets. Why does the media weep for bureaucrats while ignoring tens of thousands of private sector workers getting the axe? Why are layoffs only tragic when it fits a narrative? In this episode of The Rational Workforce, we break down: - The media’s double standard on layoffs - The shady history of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center - Why millions of Americans aren’t buying the outrage - And why this "welcome to the real world" moment was long overdue No spin. No gaslighting. Just hard numbers and honest talk. If you’re tired of the corporate-political echo chamber, you’re in the right place.