Denis Storey has been laid off five times. Three of those layoffs happened in three years. His most recent? His employer decided AI could do his job.

In this episode of Pink Slip Pavilion, host Ashley Waddington sits down with Denis to talk about repeated layoffs, career pivots, being replaced by AI, rebuilding confidence, and what five very different experiences taught him about navigating job loss.

Denis began his career as a journalist. Early on, he was laid off three times by the same company as magazines closed or relocated during the dot-com crash and the economic fallout surrounding 9/11.

Remarkably, the same mentor kept bringing him back.

Those experiences taught Denis an early lesson: layoffs can feel incredibly personal even when the decision has nothing to do with your value or performa ...