Philippe (Phil) Chabot

Content/social media team member at UBI Works/SES. Transitioned from contractor to employee ~April 1, 2026. Manages social media metrics and content creation across all SES accounts.

Role

• Social media performance tracking and reporting (Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube)
• Content creation — clips, thumbnails, YouTube titles
• Uses Gemini and GPT tools for thumbnail generation and video title optimization
• Handles accounts: Commonwealth, Floyd, UBI Works

Employment Details

• Transitioned from contractor to employee effective ~April 1, 2026
• Salary: $25,416/year, 5 days/week
• PTO: 25 days (9 statutory + 16 vacation), paid regularly
• Quebec address but works in Ontario — payroll compliance being monitored
• Payroll starts April 15, 2026

Content Strategy Notes

• Gemini preferred over GPT for thumbnails — more emotionally resonant
• Some clips posted only on X and Bluesky due to Facebook/YouTube copyright restrictions
• Strong content: robots + UBI clips, Citibank exec calling UBI a “productivity dividend”
• Jon Stewart basic income clip performs well

Timeline

• 2026-06-17 | Social media metrics review with Ken and Liam. Reported: Commonwealth TikTok +34K, Facebook +180 (Mark Carney reel viral at 94.8% non-follower views). X −24, YouTube −2 (bot cleanup). Overall follower count passed 7K. Discussed South Korea UBI content, cannabis-tax-to-UBI viral piece, Andy Burnham LVT content scheduled for June 25. UK contact Murad Qureshi (Labour Land Campaign) identified. Referenced in 2026-06-17-ubi-works-social-media-metrics. [Source: Zoom summary, gmail_id 19ed718eadeaede0, 2026-06-17]

• 2026-04-01 | Social media metrics review: 1.5M impressions/month, 1M on Facebook, strong Facebook growth

• 2026-04-01 | Benefits plan renewal discussed with Ken

• 2026-04-02 | Employee payroll profile setup via Liam and Cassidy

• 2026-04-29 | Social media review call with Ken + Liam: Mark Carney clip +826% engagement on X, UBI Works at 326K YouTube, Blue Sky above 3K threshold, Facebook Reels >100K views on several posts, YouTube views reduced post-copyright-strike (-2 subscribers). Action: review caption Ken tagged in Notion for Brett Atcox repost. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-social-media-review. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

• 2026-04-29 | Joined UBI Works operations update as a permanent employee (introduced by Liam). Prior role: UBI content + Andrew Yang campaign support. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-operations-update. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

• 2026-05-27 | Social media & AI content meeting — reported Instagram/X follower drops due to platform-wide bot cleanup (not content quality). TikTok and Facebook showing healthy growth; Commonwealth TikTok reach unexpectedly high. Discussed AI displacement content (Chinese court case, AI worker compensation), tax inequality framing (Queens nurse $75Kincome/$12K taxes). Covered Mallory McLaughlin AI jobs plan and Mark Cuban token tax concept. Raised skepticism about retraining program effectiveness. Plans to release language AI strategy the following week. Quebec health insurance update: Liam exploring HSA alternative to expensive group plans. Referenced in 2026-05-27-ubi-works-social-media-ai-content. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6ae478c51664a, 2026-05-27]

• 2026-05-26 | In social-media-production: Phil asked Hugh to read an article about AI and job displacement, pull quotes, and suggest tweet options. Phil selected a quote from Nicholas Salazar (Fund for Guaranteed Income): “The goal is to help participants transition and find another job. Without the support of basic income…” — Phil highlighted the risk of “permanent unemployment”. Phil drafted a follow-up reply: “In the AI economy, income security is job-search infrastructure.” Hugh endorsed it as a strong kicker. [Source: Slack session 2215e0ee, 2026-05-26]

• 2026-06-03 | Social media metrics review with Ken Yang. Presented growth-despite-Facebook-bot-cleanup data across UBI Works/Commonwealth accounts. Flagged YouTube authorization and TikTok test-email-delivery as outstanding automation blockers. Action: collect all social metrics June 8 using standard Mon-Sun 7-day window; fill duplicate Notion page for comparison with Hugh-automated data. Referenced in 2026-06-03-ken-phil-social-media-metrics. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e8f123, 2026-06-03]

• 2026-06-07 | Ken (UBI Works) asked Hugh to test taking over Phil’s weekly social media metrics highlights reporting — screenshots, summary metrics, top posts, special highlights — using Phil’s existing Notion template as reference. Hugh to draft v1 for the Jun 1–7 week in a new Notion page (Hugh's Copy UBI Works Social Media Jun 1-Jun 7 2026). This builds on the 2026-06-03 social-metrics-automation initiative discussed by Phil & Ken. Referenced in ubi-works. [Source: User (Ken), Hugh session 5385b8cf, 2026-06-07]

Timeline

• 2026-06-10 | Insurance is set up and he will be getting a new vehicle soon. Reported significant social media growth across Commonwealth (50K+ followers), TikTok (37K+ followers), and Blue Sky (44K+ followers). Noted that AI tools for text editing still require significant manual intervention, leading to the decision to abandon the current AI automation experiment for metrics tracking. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19eb3023c16f648f, 2026-06-10]

Timeline (2026-06-09)

• 2026-06-09 | Ken explicitly handed off Phil’s weekly social media highlights reporting to Hugh on 2026-06-07. However, Ken abandoned the Jun 1–7 v1 highlights task on Jun 9 evening — postponed to a later date. Phil remains the human responsible for weekly reporting; Hugh’s automation is aspirational/in progress. [Source: Hugh memory 2026-06-09.md, 2026-06-09]