This week on Giig It A Rest, we balance the heavy with the hilarious in a truly cathartic episode.

Andy kicks things off with a bizarrely casual weekend encounter involving a tent, a full English breakfast, and Lewis Capaldi.

We then shift gears into a much more personal and reflective conversation as Luke talks about the recent passing of his grandmother. From making the tough call to rush up and see her, to the bizarre reality of clearing out a 50-year family home and sneaking 22 bags of clothes into the local tip, Luke shares the highs, the lows, and why using humor is sometimes the only coping mechanism that works.

On the business front, we pull back the curtain on a stressful week at Giig HQ, including dodging a major PHP vulnerability, pushing the highly requested new CV formatter live, and rolling out the new "refresh job advert" feature.

Luke also gives us a breakdown of his inaugural (and perilous) "IBS Club" webinar, and we close out with Lee's Lunchbox, looking back at our fondest—and funniest—memories of our grandparents.

In This Episode

• 00:00 - The Capaldi Encounter: Andy’s minimalist camping trip and eating a full English breakfast next to Lewis Capaldi.

• 07:30 - Saying Goodbye: Luke reflects on the passing of his grandmother, the relief of her finding peace, and the reality of clearing out a 50-year family home (and sneaking 22 bags of clothes into the tip).

• 30:45 - IBS Club: Andy’s perilous speed-awareness-style webinar for his stomach issues and the launch of the "Absolutely Striders" run club.

• 41:15 - Giig Product Updates: Surviving a stressful week of PHP vulnerabilities, the new CV formatter launch, website SEO, and a fresh batch of "Claude Nuggets."

• 52:30 - Lee's Lunchbox: Remembering Big Norm at the ski center, dodging Punch and Judy on the beach, and the logistics of getting a fish stuck in a tree.

This week on Giig It A Rest, we recap our live appearance at a recent TEAM event, complete with Andy's mid-sentence on-stage freeze.

Freezing in front of a crowd is everyone's worst nightmare, but despite inventing a few new idioms on the spot, he managed to compose himself and pull it back.

We dive into the key takeaways from the event, highlighting Michelle Flynn's powerful advice that "everyone needs an Ian" in their corner, and a backstage chat with Dave Irons about embracing the liberating mindset of simply not caring what other people think as you get older. The conversation takes a deeper turn as we discuss the incredible stress-management techniques used by ICU doctors to compartmentalise life-or-death decisions in the hospital.On the Giig software front, we share the bizarre story of a scammer who hacked a free user's email account, attempted to extort £5,000 from us, and resorted to calling us cheapskates using Microsoft Paint.

We also discuss how we are integrating Claude to fully automate administrative tasks and give a sneak peek at the upcoming CV formatter update.

00:00 - Live Event Recap: Public speaking nerves and mixing up classic idioms on stage.

09:15 - Industry Insights: Takeaways from Michelle Flynn and Dave Irons.

23:40 - Managing Stress: How an ICU doctor uses "three bins" to compartmentalize trauma.

38:50 - CRM Updates: Using Claude to automate workflow tasks and the highly requested CV formatter.

47:30 - The MS Paint Hacker: Dealing with a scammer demanding £5,000 for a fake breach.

53:15 - Lee's Lunchbox: The childhood myths we believed for way too long (and why Sai thought the entire country celebrated his birthday).

Enjoy x

This week on the Giig It A Rest podcast, we are covering everything from holiday board game strategies to major CRM updates. Andy is back from a chilled-out week in Montenegro (where he survived a "petrol spritz"), and we immediately dive into the realities of balancing a packed demo schedule with ongoing product development.We recap Jamie's recent recruitment event, sharing a brilliant (and slightly aggressive) email hack for re-engaging clients who have ghosted you. We also discuss Sam Rasdall's fascinating marketing experiment where he planted a "fake" recruitment agency at the event to test subconscious advertising.On the tech side, Luke explains how he is using Claude to automate his own admin (building a custom prep-sheet and email sequence in seconds), while James defends his £7 AI coding subscription that saved the team weeks of development time (that was quite the squabble over £7). Plus, we pull back the curtain on our latest product updates, including the new Tasks menu and the upcoming overhaul of the CV formatting tool.In this episode:00:00 - Welcome back! Montenegro recaps, rollercoasters, & "petrol" spritzers10:15 - The ultimate holiday board game tier list (and the infamous Pass the Pigs photo)21:30 - Event Recap: The one-line email hack to re-engage ghosted prospects28:45 - Marketing Psychology: Planting a fake recruitment agency at a live event35:20 - Product Updates: The CV formatter overhaul & using Claude to speed up coding49:10 - Lee's Lunchbox: If you knew you couldn't fail, what would you do? (And dealing with our first hate comments)