As an IC this is exactly what makes 'fireside chats' with executives so unsatisfying.

There's also never an actual fire. Like at least put a video of a fireplace on in the background.

It's called "fireside chat" because of the layoffs. :-/

For the people downvoting this joke: the joke is that "fireside" means "the side of the people who are doing the firing". I think it's funny.