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The US journalist discusses her new book on how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone.

Love, Labor, Lost A “Red for Ed” teacher solidarity action in Bloomington, Indiana Bold Type Books Two days before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the halls of Congress and drowned out the rest of the news cycle, more than 220 workers at Google announced that they had unionized with the Communications Workers of America. Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley industry leaders responded with disdain and mockery to the news. Coal miners and meatpacking workers were exploited and needed unions to protect them, their argument went, but it is hard to make the same case for Google’s softwa...

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5 Min Read LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” The hokey advice is often dispensed to young people starting a career. But our devotion to work is encouraging exploitation and unhappiness, argues author and journalist Sarah Jaffe. She’s got a point: a passion for a profession can mask sacrifices which aren’t necessarily worth it. An unidentified man using a smart phone walks through London's Canary Wharf financial district in the evening light in London, Britain, September 28, 2018. In “Work Won’t Love You Ba...

“You don’t have to like it,” my late father would tell my siblings and me when we complained about our jobs. “That’s why it’s called work.” His career began in typewriter repair in the 1950s and, after a string of promotions, layoffs, and lateral moves, ended in middle management for a chain of grocery stores. He didn’t have to love his job; he loved us. By showing up to the office every day, he kept his family warm, fed, and educated. For him, that was enough. Over the past few decades, this ethos of cheerless duty has been overtaken by the imperative to love your work. Gradu...