The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
work. Rather than make goods for their local communities, workers made goods that were shipped to places they couldn’t see.
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
Bolles’s message—that your work ought to satisfy you by reflecting your unique skills and desires—remains the prevailing wisdom to this day.
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
Fobazi coined a term for this—vocational awe—and wrote an academic paper about its prevalence in librarians.
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
do-gooder industries such as the nonprofit and public sectors, where the “privilege” to do
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
BetterUp8 found that a sense of workplace belonging leads to a 56 percent improvement in job performance, a 50 percent reduction in turnover risk, and a 75
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
people make career decisions based on their passions, then it’s easy to attribute wage disparities to individual choices rather than acknowledge the reality of structural injustice. This type of “choice washing” perpetuates the idea that income inequality can be overcome just by working hard rather than through systemic reform.
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
follow their passions helps reinforce inequality.”
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
When we say someone is successful, we rarely mean they are happy
Simone Stolzoff • The Good Enough Job: What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First
“I don’t see how you can talk about how this work is holy, how this work is sacred,