Zee Cayenne
@zee-cayenne.bsky.social
Employment truth-teller | Workplace & hiring Strategist | Advocate for Civil Rights & Human Rights. I write on Substack & Medium re jobs & the messy truth of hiring. 🎥 Host of Zee’s Employment Emporium — ✨ https://www.youtube.com/@ZeeEmploymentEmporium
Left my job in March thinking I’d have the next one by April. Ha.
What followed: repeated rejections. Lots of them.
If you’re in the job-search slog: give yourself permission to pivot inward, reach outward, and yes — schedule your worry.
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What followed: repeated rejections. Lots of them.
If you’re in the job-search slog: give yourself permission to pivot inward, reach outward, and yes — schedule your worry.
open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
Finding Thanksgiving in a Year Full of Rejection
Sure, rejection hurts — but it also redirects.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Left my job in March thinking I’d have the next one by April. Ha.
What followed: repeated rejections. Lots of them.
If you’re in the job-search slog: give yourself permission to pivot inward, reach outward, and yes — schedule your worry.
open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
What followed: repeated rejections. Lots of them.
If you’re in the job-search slog: give yourself permission to pivot inward, reach outward, and yes — schedule your worry.
open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
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Four nonfiction books I really enjoyed reading this year:
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Four nonfiction books I really enjoyed reading this year:
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
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The extreme and psychotic overreaction by Trump and Stephen Miller to Democratic military vets in the Senate and House urging service members to remember that their oath is to the Constitution and not a man tells us a lot about the Trump admin’s plans for the military.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The extreme and psychotic overreaction by Trump and Stephen Miller to Democratic military vets in the Senate and House urging service members to remember that their oath is to the Constitution and not a man tells us a lot about the Trump admin’s plans for the military.
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Companies keep hiding behind “the algorithm” while Black workers get shut out. Fairness requires intention not software.
My new piece digs into why leadership must affirmatively hire Black jobseekers.
#Hiring #Equity #BlackWorkers #Leadership #ZeesEmploymentEmporium open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
My new piece digs into why leadership must affirmatively hire Black jobseekers.
#Hiring #Equity #BlackWorkers #Leadership #ZeesEmploymentEmporium open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
Affirmatively Hiring Black Workers Isn’t Radical — It’s Responsible Leadership
In a climate of rising racial barriers, true fairness demands intentional hiring.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Companies keep hiding behind “the algorithm” while Black workers get shut out. Fairness requires intention not software.
My new piece digs into why leadership must affirmatively hire Black jobseekers.
#Hiring #Equity #BlackWorkers #Leadership #ZeesEmploymentEmporium open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
My new piece digs into why leadership must affirmatively hire Black jobseekers.
#Hiring #Equity #BlackWorkers #Leadership #ZeesEmploymentEmporium open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...
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FBI assets currently exist primarily to serve Kash’s social life and calendar. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/k...
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
FBI assets currently exist primarily to serve Kash’s social life and calendar. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/k...
#WorkplaceCulture The top three reasons employee turnover remains so high:
1. Weak or unaccountable leadership
2. Dysfunctional workplace culture
3. Pay that doesn’t match the work
Turnover is rarely about “bad employees.” It’s a leadership and culture problem — every single time.
1. Weak or unaccountable leadership
2. Dysfunctional workplace culture
3. Pay that doesn’t match the work
Turnover is rarely about “bad employees.” It’s a leadership and culture problem — every single time.
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#WorkplaceCulture The top three reasons employee turnover remains so high:
1. Weak or unaccountable leadership
2. Dysfunctional workplace culture
3. Pay that doesn’t match the work
Turnover is rarely about “bad employees.” It’s a leadership and culture problem — every single time.
1. Weak or unaccountable leadership
2. Dysfunctional workplace culture
3. Pay that doesn’t match the work
Turnover is rarely about “bad employees.” It’s a leadership and culture problem — every single time.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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"Not a cent for health care, but Republicans wrote in a corrupt cash bonus of at least $500k each.”
@SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn taking corruption to new levels with this self-dealing.
www.ksl.com/article/5140...
@SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn taking corruption to new levels with this self-dealing.
www.ksl.com/article/5140...
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Not a cent for health care, but Republicans wrote in a corrupt cash bonus of at least $500k each.”
@SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn taking corruption to new levels with this self-dealing.
www.ksl.com/article/5140...
@SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn taking corruption to new levels with this self-dealing.
www.ksl.com/article/5140...
When we let AI speak for us, we trade creativity for convenience — and authenticity for automation.
Don’t let the algorithm rewrite your humanity. ✍🏾 #AI #HumanCreativity #Authenticity #ZeesEmploymentEmporium
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Don’t let the algorithm rewrite your humanity. ✍🏾 #AI #HumanCreativity #Authenticity #ZeesEmploymentEmporium
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Replacing Humans with AI Really Means the Business Wants Your Money, Not Your Woes
A spate of layoffs and the rise of AI inspired the next two articles. In my opinion, when creativity is outsourced, humanity becomes optional — and to me is disturbing. I hope you like this and the ne...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When we let AI speak for us, we trade creativity for convenience — and authenticity for automation.
Don’t let the algorithm rewrite your humanity. ✍🏾 #AI #HumanCreativity #Authenticity #ZeesEmploymentEmporium
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Don’t let the algorithm rewrite your humanity. ✍🏾 #AI #HumanCreativity #Authenticity #ZeesEmploymentEmporium
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Donald Trump’s economy. Where McDonalds is too expensive for 30-year-olds. The Golden Age.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Donald Trump’s economy. Where McDonalds is too expensive for 30-year-olds. The Golden Age.
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
'Nothing will change.' So they say.🙄
Cool, watch us. 💪
Demanding Better teaches the how.
Because hope is cute, but action is better. 💼✨ Hope you'll check out my Demanding Better Series on Amazon.
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#CivicEngagement #WorkerSolidarity #Zee'sEmploymentEmporium
Cool, watch us. 💪
Demanding Better teaches the how.
Because hope is cute, but action is better. 💼✨ Hope you'll check out my Demanding Better Series on Amazon.
a.co/d/5U6U99k
#CivicEngagement #WorkerSolidarity #Zee'sEmploymentEmporium
Demanding Better: What Are the Guidelines for Filing a Complaint of Discrimination in Your State : A State-by-State Workbook for Understanding and ... Have the Power to BE a Catalyst For Change)
Demanding Better: What Are the Guidelines for Filing a Complaint of Discrimination in Your State : A State-by-State Workbook for Understanding and ... Have the Power to BE a Catalyst For Change) - Kindle edition by by Zee, Zee's Employment Emporium. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Demanding Better: What Are the Guidelines for Filing a Complaint of Discrimination in Your State : A State-by-State Workbook for Understanding and ... Have the Power to BE a Catalyst For Change).
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November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
'Nothing will change.' So they say.🙄
Cool, watch us. 💪
Demanding Better teaches the how.
Because hope is cute, but action is better. 💼✨ Hope you'll check out my Demanding Better Series on Amazon.
a.co/d/5U6U99k
#CivicEngagement #WorkerSolidarity #Zee'sEmploymentEmporium
Cool, watch us. 💪
Demanding Better teaches the how.
Because hope is cute, but action is better. 💼✨ Hope you'll check out my Demanding Better Series on Amazon.
a.co/d/5U6U99k
#CivicEngagement #WorkerSolidarity #Zee'sEmploymentEmporium
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Initially released last year with three titles — Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman — DC Comics expanded its Absolute Universe line this April with Absolute Green Lantern.
'Absolute Green Lantern' Shines a Dim but Hopeful Light in DC’s New Absolute Universe | Black Girl Nerds
Spread the loveInitially released last year with three titles — Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman — DC Comics expanded its Absolute Universe line this April with Absolute Green Lantern. The new impri...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Initially released last year with three titles — Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman — DC Comics expanded its Absolute Universe line this April with Absolute Green Lantern.
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Hey, cool...rent should go down.
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey, cool...rent should go down.
New Substack article 👍🏽 open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...?
The Next Time They Cry ‘Waste, Fraud & Abuse,’ Ask Where the Billionaires’ Doing Business with the Government Audits Are?
When politicians cry “waste, fraud, and abuse,” it’s rarely about billion-dollar contracts or corporate subsidies. It’s about distracting you from who’s really cashing in.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New Substack article 👍🏽 open.substack.com/pub/zeecayen...?
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November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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These two morons have us gearing up for war in Nigeria and Venezuela after previous strikes on Yemen and Iran and intervention in Gaza, we are beginning nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, and all this comes after threatening Greenland, Panama and Canada.
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
These two morons have us gearing up for war in Nigeria and Venezuela after previous strikes on Yemen and Iran and intervention in Gaza, we are beginning nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, and all this comes after threatening Greenland, Panama and Canada.
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The phrase “We tried to tell you” springs to mind for some reason
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
![A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump among U.S. adult citizens, and among white, Black, and Hispanic Americans."
The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ke6f766al4swdugyvmvyipuo/bafkreigqma7j6x4uqqpurm36v6v32d7spdyjyajgo3xzlqu7ii7nhha6vy@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The phrase “We tried to tell you” springs to mind for some reason
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"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?
Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.
I explain in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
Thank you to everyone reading my essays on Substack and Medium. Your support means everything. 💙 We need to hold leadership accountable. Fair hiring. Fair pay. Fair treatment. The tone starts at the top — and if the “leader” needs worship to function, that’s not leadership, that’s ego management!
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank you to everyone reading my essays on Substack and Medium. Your support means everything. 💙 We need to hold leadership accountable. Fair hiring. Fair pay. Fair treatment. The tone starts at the top — and if the “leader” needs worship to function, that’s not leadership, that’s ego management!