Product Description
by Brie Abramowicz (Author)
Ever wondered whether trading your dignity, sense of self, and every free hour of your time was really worth it for the free salad Thursdays, a logoed water bottle, and the illusion of job security?
Part memoir, part manifesto, Polyworker tells the story-in darkly funny and painfully familiar detail-of what happens when a burnt out millennial over achiever loses the job she built her life around, and is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that maybe it was never a life at all. What follows is a series of experiments that lead her somewhere unexpected: ditching the corporate ladder and building a portfolio career.
Both a mirror and a map, Polyworker captures a generation's disillusionment with traditional careers and their attraction to a provocative alternative: a multidimensional, self-authored way of working built on curiosity, adaptability, and creativity. (Think Eat, Pray, Love meets Fleabag in a WeWork-a witty, soul-searching journey through the messy middle of professional reinvention.)
Inside the pages, you'll find:
- Stories that will make you feel seen in your own career transition
- Language for the disillusionment you've not quite been able to articulate fully
- A refreshing rejection of hustle culture and "earn-six-figures-from-your-couch" scams
- Real talk about energy management, community building, and redefining success on your terms, and
- A practical, workbook, reflection prompts, and exercises to build a career with purpose again
The future of work is being re-written in real time. This book is your invitation to pick up the pen.
What Readers Are Saying:
"Truly, I've never enjoyed reading a business book more."
" I learned, I laughed, and I cried because I felt so seen."
"Reading Polyworker felt like sitting down with that friend that gives you the nudge you need to make a change."
"This book cracks open a conversation we desperately need to be having about our relationship with work."
"Brie's book made me feel less alone and more connected to a larger generational shift in how we relate to work."
For Fans Of:
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
