Dehumanizing hiring processes, swoop-and-poop bosses, and maybe the biggest question of all: does my design work even matter if I don’t care about propping up capitalism? This week, Sara and Jen answer dilemmas about pushing back against exploitative requests, working around a faux-inclusive boss, and managing disillusionment with design. And through it all, a theme emerges: How do you handle the tension between two conflicting truths? Links:<ul><li>The <a href="https://uxcontent.com/2023-content-design-salary-industry-survey/">2023 Content Design and UX writing survey results</a> Sara worked on </li><li>Ask a Manager: <a href="https://www.askamanager.org/2017/04/should-you-do-free-work-as-part-of-a-job-interview.html">Should you do free work as part of a job interview</a>?</li><li>How to <a href="https://hbr.org/2020/03/what-job-crafting-looks-like">use “job crafting” to make your work more meaningful</a></li></ul>Got a work situation eating away at you? Send it to us! Submit your dilemma at <a href="https://www.pmleshow.com/">PMLEshow.com</a>

Why you gotta be so rude?

Was that email rude? Does my boss hate me? Is this place toxic…or is it me? Work raises a lot of questions—and too many of them get stuck in our heads, rattling around until we feel overwhelmed and unqualified. 

No more. Join leadership coaches Jen Dionisio and Sara Wachter-Boettcher as they tackle the topics that come up over and over again with their clients: confusing performance reviews, dysfunctional project teams, and bosses with way too few boundaries. You’ll hear stories from real people struggling with the same stuff you are—like how to say “no” to a new project, or why it’s so hard to speak up in meetings. Because it’s not all in your head: work gets weird. We’ll help you get through it—no passive-aggressive emails required.