June 07, 2023

Hustle Culture or Quiet Quitting: Which Wins?

30 minutes

As a society, we now pit "anti-work" against "grindset mentality"—but we might actually be in a stage of self-defeating overcorrections at this point, including questionable trends like TradLife and Stay at Home Girlfriend Tok.

In this week's episode, we cover the pros and cons of both hustle culture and quiet quitting, how employee stock ownership programs might help, and what a better balance between the two might be.

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Mentioned in the Episode

Range by David Epstein: https://bookshop.org/a/90396/9780735214507

"The Secret to Conventional Success We Don't Talk About": https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/conventional-success-secrets

"On Meaningless Careers" by Jack Raines: https://www.youngmoney.co/p/meaningless-careers

"Gen Z Does Not Dream of Labor" from Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22977663/gen-z-antiwork-capitalism

Wealth inequality in the 2010s: https://news.yahoo.com/super-richs-wealth-concentration-surpasses-gilded-age-levels-210802327.html

Laura Pitcher in Vice: https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/93a3we/slow-living-tiktok-trend

Zoe Hu in Dissent Magazine: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-agoraphobic-fantasy-of-tradlife

Chelsea Fagan on "Quiet Quitting": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9CRz2dk-Q&ab_channel=TheFinancialDiet

Haley Nahman on Not Caring About Your Work: https://haleynahman.substack.com/p/145-not-caring-about-your-job-freedom

Kim Jordan of New Belgium Brewing and their employee stock ownership program: https://www.inc.com/magazine/202009/graham-winfrey/new-belgium-brewing-kim-jordan-esop-b-corp-acquisition-exit.html

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