Episode #147: Hustle Culture and the Great Resignation!
Grace and Alvina talk about hustle culture and how things have changed in the publishing industry since they first got started, and also talk about the Great Resignation and how that has applied to the publishing industry.
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“How have you been?”
Alvina has been busy with meetings everyday. Meetings, meetings, and more meetings! She is starting to feel the endless e-mail inbox pile up. Grace has also been busy and grateful for Steve Colman, Alvina’s husband, who was able to step in last week and co-host the podcast. (Learn more about him on Episode #146!) Grace has been working on her Legacy Award acceptance speech, the Horn Book Cover, and sadly….dealing with another family chicken that passed away. RIP “Havoc” the chicken.
Hustle culture and The Great Resignation:
Grace and Alvina discuss the older generational ways of hustling, the definition, and how people feel about it today. Grace was writing her Legacy Award speech and realize it was all about working so hard. When she was reading articles about “The Great Resignation” she realized that a speech about working so hard, keeping your nose to the grindstone, etc…etc..would not be reading the room correctly. That kind of work ethic seems to be a thing of the past.
Alvina talks about work ethic in the publishing world and how it has changed from when she started. It used to be that everyone was expected to work long extra hours to get ahead. That is not the case anymore. People seem to seek out a more “work/life balance.” She also talks about working in the pandemic and the ways that has changed for working moms, childless women, and pregnant working women. If the hustle culture is indeed coming to an end, then managers and the older generations need to step in. The workaholic lifestyle is not sustainable. She believes that salary increases and more freedom will keep the younger generations in the workforce. Alvina referenced this article on The Great Resignation being more like “The Great Renegotiation”:
Fortune Cookie Segment:
Grace and Alvina matched their favorite girl scout cookie with their favorite book!
Alvina: Savannah Smiles with Eva Evergreen Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe, Do-si-dos with Nancy Drew!
Grace: Do-si-dos with The Mouse and the Motorcyle, Thin Mints with When You Reach Me, Somoas with The Green Glass House, and Trefoils with Anne of Green Gables.
Gratefuls:
Alvina is grateful for Love is Blind 2 show that has been a nice distraction from so much anxiety about the war and other current events.
Grace is grateful for the group of women that she meets with who are very supportive. She’s grateful that she found a dress on ThreadUP for her Legacy Award speech!
Thank You!
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