How to Get What You Want Out of Work and Life
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Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it. Inflation is killing me. But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durbin Marshall credit card bill. See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need. While increasing megastore profits. They deserve it, don't they? Tell Congress, stop the Durbin Marshall money grab for corporate megastores. Paid for by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
Hey, listeners, before we get into today's episode, we want to hear from you. What financial goals are you setting for yourself in 2025? Are you looking to level up your skills at work in search of a new job? Or maybe you want to save more money or start investing. Share your plans with us and you could be featured in an upcoming episode of your money briefing. Send us a voice note to YMB at WSJ.com or 212-416-3413. And now onto the show. Here's your Money Briefing from Monday, November 18th. I'm J.R. Whelan for The Wall Street Journal. COVID, hybrid work schedules, the arrival of Gen Z, they've all changed, even disrupted, the workplace in just the past several years. And WSJ Work and Life columnist Rachel Feinzig has guided our readers and listeners through it all.
After a nearly 20-year career at WSJ, she's sharing her biggest takeaways.
Any way you feel about work is totally normal. Caring too much or not caring at all, like, it's all pretty much fine. You can still be really good at your job while letting it have less of a hold over your entire life and identity. And this isn't a problem for everyone, but I think it's a problem for a lot of us.
We'll talk with Rachel about dealing with bosses, coworkers, and knowing when it's time to get a new job. That's after the break.
Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it. Inflation is killing me. But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durbin Marshall credit card bill. See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need. While increasing megastore profits. They deserve it, don't they? Tell Congress, stop the Durbin Marshall money grab for corporate megastores. Paid for by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
After four years of writing the WSJ's Work and Life column and talking about it here on Your Money Briefing, Rachel Feinsig is moving on. Rachel, you're leaving us. We love having you on the show.
I know. It's totally surreal, and it's very bittersweet. I've been at the company for almost 17 years now. But yes, it's true. I am leaving to try to pursue some book writing and to spend some more time with my kids.
Your final piece is about the most important lessons you've learned while talking to workers, career experts, and pouring through research. And you say it changed your life. What's the most significant takeaways?
One was just this idea that failure is totally normal and any way you feel about work is totally normal. caring too much or not caring at all. Like it's all pretty much fine. There's different ways to deal with it and to channel it into still having a life and being good at your job. But a lot of the emotional and internal struggles we go through with work are universal and there's nothing really wrong with them. And then the other big takeaway was just you can still be really good at your job while letting it have less of a hold over your entire life and identity. And this isn't a problem for everyone, but I think it's a problem for a lot of us. And it's been kind of illuminating to see that this doesn't have to be a totally fraught relationship.
You often gave readers a running score in the relationship or the balance of power between employees and bosses. Who do you think is winning?
So I would say in the moment, it's shifted back to bosses slightly, if you're just looking at the last four years. But overall, I still think workers are winning. Like, I don't mean to be Pollyanna-ish about it.
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