Rachel Feintzeig

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1,709 appearances 29 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2019 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Meeting Someone for the First Time? Don’t Ask About Their Job · 13 Apr 2023 podcast

That might not be forever.

And so that was a tip that I got from someone who had been laid off JR, who had actually been fired and found that his identity was pretty tangled up in the circle of work friends that he had, the prestige of his title, being in management, this brand name that he was working for.

And those are the things that can kind of go away.

But maybe what you're actually doing, your profession, the field that you're in, that might be something that people might want to focus on.

I don't think so.

I think it's still a really commonplace question.

I think there is just a growing sense from a lot of people.

And I've heard from tons of people since this story was written about people who don't want to be judged by their job anymore.

But no, I still think it's a socially acceptable thing to ask.

I think the one awkward moment that people might fall into is if someone has been laid off, especially in this economy.

And that can obviously be maybe a hurtful thing to have kind of pushed up to the surface.

Yeah, I'm in between jobs or even someone told me to focus a little more positively.

I'm looking for my next opportunity and launching in there to make that connection.

I think it is a hard habit to break.

I think we're all totally used to this.

But I also think it is possible to shift.

I talked to someone who felt like her job had become her entire personality, who would just sit there hoping that people would ask her what she did for a living.

It made her feel better about herself.

She said she kind of worried that people, before she said what she did, people would kind of be thinking like, who's this?

idiot.

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