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
