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Summary:

""As I sat in the front row that day, I was 80% faking it with a 100% real Gucci bag." Samhita Mukhopadhyay had finally made it: she had her dream job, dream clothes-dream life. But time and time again, she found herself sacrificing time with family and friends, paying too much for lattes, and limping home after working for twelve hours a day. Success didn't come without costs, right? Or so she kept telling herself. And Samhita wasn't alone: far too many of us are taught that to live a good life we need to work ourselves to the bone. That to enact change, we just need to climb up the corporate ladder, to "lean in," to "hustle." But as Mukhopadhyay shows, these definitions of success are myths-and they are seductive ones. Mukhopadhyay traces the origins of these myths, taking us from the 60s into the present-day through a critical overview of feminist workplace movements that got us here today, stories from her own professional experience, analysis from activists and experts, and interviews with workers of all kinds. As more individuals continue to question whether dedicating their lives to their vocation can even lead to happiness and fulfillment in the first place, Mukhopadhyay asks: What would it mean to have a liberated workplace? To answer this question, Mukhopadhyay underlines where movements have fallen short in the past-and highlights where they have succeeded-and offers insights gleaned from interviews with those who have found a vision for work that feels authentically successful. What emerges is a vision for a workplace culture that pays fairly, recognizes our values, and gives people access to the resources they need"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Mukhopadhyay, Samhita , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The myth of making it: a workplace reckoning [by Mukhopadhyay, S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Myth of making it [by Mukhopadhyay, S.] (First edition; New York : Random House, [2023] — ISBN 9780593448090; LCCN 2024009818)

Subjects:

Work — Psychological aspects

Work-life balance

Success

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

BF481 .M84 2024

ISBNs:

9780593448106 (electronic book)
0593448103 (electronic book)
9780593448090 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024009819

OCLC Numbers:

1427665850

Other Control Numbers:

3682147 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306433740