The news out of Seattle today is looking pretty grim for our old friend Jason Goldberg and Jobster. Well, not actually news (yet...just rumors so far), but it sounds like Jobster is getting ready to axe up to 50% of their 145 person workforce.

What's most interesting to me, as someone who is a keen observer of the nuances of human behavior, is how someone like Goldberg, a well-polished communications-expert (he honed his craft with in the Clinton-era White House), can go from (in my view annoying) confident bravado about his company to condescending and defensive in the face of some bad news and tough questions.

It sounds like, given that the first reason Jason gives for wanting to deliver profits in 2007 is "because I promised I would", he's facing some pretty heavy pressure from his board and the VC's who have ponied up $48 million in investments so far. I wonder if the deepest cut is going to be Jason's job...