i'm assuming, and i'm sure when you interviewed folks for the book, you heard a lot of anger, confusion, dismay, panic about people's work. So why is it that work crises have now become similar emotionally to a full blown identity crisis? Are they one and the same? Oh, i think that's a great question. And i think on the internship thing, one thing that struck me is so interesting is that even the trans tion just within a decade is astounding. For example, i'm 28. When i was in college, intern ships were seen as a thing that you really needed to figure out how to do, even if it was impossible. I think most early
The workforce is changing. Millennials are turning into elder millennials and Zoomers are turning into employed adults, thus shifting the makeup of the modern working population—and its values. Long gone are any romantic or bootstrappy notions of “paying your dues,” which, in many work environments, is just shorthand for dealing with toxicity and subpar pay; there are fewer people receiving chintzy gifts for 35-year anniversaries at the same company.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans speak with journalist Rainesford Stauffer, author of the new book "An Ordinary Age," about the exceptionalism bubble; how work crises have ballooned into identity crises; the mythology of the “dream job”; and how young adults are already shaping—and challenging—the future of work.
Learn more about Rainesford's work and buy her book here: https://rainesford.medium.com/
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