Per My Last Email

By Morning Brew

Is it okay to ask your coworker how much they make? Is Gen Z set up for failure in the workplace? Should you really bring your whole self to work? Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew's reside... more

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The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.

Per My Last Email episodes:

February 17, 2025 What Do DEI Rollbacks Mean For You?
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the recent headlines around DEI, the potential implications of these measures, and what actually makes the most effective teams.

00:00 Intro
00:43 Recent headlines around DEI
06:05 Listener email
12:04 Stats around DEI from Morning Brew’s Insights and Analytics team
16:34 Why having a diverse workforce helps your business outcomes
20:04 An example of DEI efforts in the workplace
22:05 What are the the things that make for a truly high performing team?
24:49 Culture fit vs culture add
26:18 The importance of psychological safety
28:25 Google’s study on what makes strong teams

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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36min
February 10, 2025 The Best Tips for Negotiating a Higher Salary, with Salary Transparent Street
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Hannah Williams, founder and host of @SalaryTransparentStreet, to talk about the importance of salary transparency, why it’s still such an uncomfortable thing to talk about, and how to negotiate for a higher salary.

00:00 Intro
00:45 Hannah Williams and Salary Transparent Street
01:24 When Hannah first realized she was being underpaid
07:51 The experience of filming Salary Transparent Street
11:06 Why it’s so important to consider being transparent about your salary
15:44 Why HR professionals are in favor of salary transparency
17:41 Negotiation tactics
19:41 On leveraging an outside offer to increase your salary
24:00 Salary guessing game

Salary Transparent Street’s Salary Database: https://www.salarytransparentstreet.com/salary-database

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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36min
February 03, 2025 How to Take an “Adult Gap Year” – and When It’s Not Worth It
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the pros and cons of taking an “adult gap year” (aka sabbatical or “mini-retirement”), why they’re becoming more common, and how to financially plan for one if you want to take one yourself.

00:00 Intro
01:56 Stats on burnout
05:54 Defining “sabbatical” vs “leave of absence” vs “gap year” or “mini retirement”
08:48 Companies providing sabbatical options
15:01 What Kyle and Kaila would do with a 4-week sabbatical
18:36 Harvard Business Review’s study on sabbaticals
20:56 Can you take a break without hurting your career?
22:16 How to take a break if you don’t necessarily have the financial means to
26:39 Tactics

Harvard Business Review’s article on sabbaticals.

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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37min
January 27, 2025 We React to Zuck’s “Masculinity” Comments and Meta’s Big Layoffs
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss some of the recent news surrounding Meta—from their announcement of cutting 5% of their workforce, to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent comments on masculinity in the workplace.

00:00 Intro
00:51 Meta’s recent announcement around firing practices
04:25 Two potential upsides to Meta’s “rank and yank” system
07:07 Issues with stack ranking systems
13:39 What is the ideal performance incentive at work?
17:29 How certain incentives cause “creaming”
20:09 What’s going on with managers?
22:53 Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan clip
32:12 What we can takeaway from Meta’s new policies

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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37min
January 20, 2025 The Right Way to Make a Major Career Change
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss when and how to make a career pivot, and the questions to ask yourself before starting.

00:00 Intro
01:19 Listener career pivot story submission
05:06 Kaila’s biggest career pivot
07:55 A crucial consideration before making a career change
08:21 Kyle’s career pivots
12:13 The importance of finding what you actually enjoy doing
15:54 A common mistake with networking
20:25 Knowing career narrative
23:12 Embracing the beginner’s mindset
24:13 Listener submissions

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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37min
January 13, 2025 Is 2025 The Year of “Revenge Quitting”?
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the rise of revenge quitting, what it is, why it’s seemingly on the rise, and their takes on its effectiveness.

00:00 Intro
01:43 Defining what “revenge quitting” is
04:05 Why 2025 will be the year of revenge quitting
09:30 Why the year of revenge quitting might actually be something else
10:37 Why Kaila loves the idea of revenge quitting
16:35 The truth about revenge quitting
17:28 How Kaila and Kyle have quit jobs in their career
22:51 The importance of exhausting your options
26:32 A Reddit story of revenge quitting
27:57 Tactics

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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34min
January 06, 2025 How to Get Promoted This Year
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the real strategies and steps involved in getting a promotion, from how and when to have the conversation with your boss, to how to get clear for yourself what you really want in the next stage of your career.

00:00 Intro
00:36 Kaila and Kyle’s first promotions
05:38 Kaila and Kyle’s 2025 career goals
07:12 The number one thing you should be doing to set yourself up for success
17:12 More tips for how to get promoted in 2025
19:29 How Kaila and Kyle became directors
23:04 The importance of checking in with your manager frequently

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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33min
December 30, 2024 How To Nail Your Performance Review
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Morning Brew’s SVP of People Operations Kate Noel to talk about how to make the most of your year-end performance review—from how to prepare for it to what to expect from it—and what most people forget about this formal evaluation process.

00:00 Intro
00:57 How Morning Brew Inc. handles performance reviews
05:53 The pros and cons of performance reviews
10:18 Advice for one-on-ones
13:48 How to make the most of your performance review
17:56 Talking merit increases
21:10 How biases play out in performance reviews
28:28 What should you do if you don’t get that promotion you were hoping for?

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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38min
December 23, 2024 Will the 4-Day Workweek Actually Solve Anything? Japan Is Betting It Will
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the companies in the UK and in Japan that have been experimenting with the 4-day work week, what the outcomes have been, and whether or not we can expect to see it implemented in the US. Does the 4-day work week actually solve anything? Is it beneficial or detrimental to society as a whole?

00:00 Intro
01:41 The New York Times report on UK businesses piloting the 4-day workweek
06:46 When a 4-day workweek isn’t a fix
11:29 The Tokyo case study of the 4-day workweek
17:49 Reimagining our current work standards and systems
21:56 What can we do based on the 4-day work week research
26:51 A little holiday surprise

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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34min
December 16, 2024 Apple Got Sued for Spying on Their Workers – Is Your Job Spying on You Too?
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the topic of employee surveillance, including the recent invasion of privacy lawsuit against Apple, and how it impacts company culture. Do companies have the right to monitor employee behavior? Is employee surveillance the new normal? And what can employees do to fight back?

00:00 Intro
00:28 Apple lawsuit
05:31 Stats from the ABA on employee surveillance in the US
08:10 Is surveilling employees ethical?
17:19 What it means to “look like you’re working”
23:06 How to make your job less “fuzzy”
24:20 Tactics

Want to get all of Kaila & Kyle’s career resources? Subscribe to Per My Last Email: https://www.permylastemailshow.com/
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

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32min

FAQs about Per My Last Email:

How many episodes does Per My Last Email have?

The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.