{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworking-dads.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fjoe-spataro-FnYSfimR","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Laid Off With a 7-Month-Old at Home. Here's What He Did Next","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3aad4fc2-632f-44cb-ada3-a37fa1729d6c/1b729694-c47b-4d24-9407-eea7e6d34fc9/working_dads_podcast_cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/3c300f03-6fab-4278-b99f-460d0a91ab43\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Laid Off With a 7-Month-Old at Home. Here&apos;s What He Did Next\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Joe had been in IT for nearly twenty years.\n\nThen the layoff hit. His daughter was seven months old. His wife became the provider. And the anxiety, the obsession, the low energy, the depression — it all came at once.\n\nHe went to the gym five days a week and still took two naps a day.\n\nIn this episode Joe — IT veteran, stepfather, father of three, and working dad figuring out multiple income streams — gets brutally honest about what getting laid off four times does to a man, why he'd take a pay cut just to be more present, and what he said that stopped the conversation cold: no job will ever pay me enough to eliminate time with my kids.\n\nNo highlight reels. Just a working dad telling the truth."}