Roast the Post Podcast

A global “social-first” agency posts a Toronto designer role that reads like a nightclub flyer: passport program, dogs in-office, celeb gossip, and “ideas worth talking about.” Jen and Paul dig into what’s real, what’s fluff, and what’s quietly doing wage suppression work... including a unicorn skill list (typography and motion and AI prompting) and the big missing piece: the salary range… in Onta...

This week, Paul brings the post... and Jen gets to sit back with the matches. They roast an eCommerce Specialist role that’s oddly vague where it matters (reporting structure, authority, pay), but wildly specific where it hurts (ownership-heavy responsibilities, budget allocation, performance diagnostics, and retail partner sellout targets… in a “specialist” title). Along the way : the strange per...

This week Jen drops a deceptively “cool mission” job post: executive assistant and office manager at a polar expedition travel company… and the bullets just keep coming. Calendar wrangling for the president plus five other execs, expenses, decks, events, vendors, fridge clean-outs, building access, and even health & safety committee work—paired with “flexible hybrid,” 10 vacation days, and no sala...

A “basic” Marketing Coordinator posting walks into Roast the Post … and quietly gives away everything about the company behind it. In this episode, Jen and Paul peel back the bullet points to decode what support , liaison , fast-paced , and PowerPoint proficiency really mean when you’re the one expected to keep samples moving, approvals flowing, and everyone else out of trouble. From acronym soup...