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Simone Stolzoff: Good Enough Job (2023, Penguin Publishing Group, Portfolio) 4 stars

"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman

A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our …

This was shared on the fedi a while back and I had it bookmarked. I'm almost done with this five hour audiobook, easy to get through in a few days. I was surprised with the writing, usually books like don't make me feel like I've learned anything new and just feel like a drag. Instead, "The Good Enough Job" takes an approach to critiquing capitalist-driven over productivity through personal stories that serve as case studies to unpack ideas like "the company is your family" or "your job should be your sole identity". It focuses on people in white-collar jobs that failed them and includes queer BIPOC narratives right off the bat.