'Saying no when we can and quitting if we can matters. But if we offload changing how work functions to quitting and quitting alone, eventually we’ll run into the same problems at our next job.'
We need structural changes to work that, first, don’t force us to be ambitious about something as basic as having our basic needs met; second, don’t rely on overwork as a driver of security and self-worth; and third, create collective power for workers so that people have more agency and autonomy in their lives.
For some workers, like Kendra, quitting is a starting point. She instantly felt “so f***ing relieved” she had the ability to breathe again. But it took time to adjust. She launched her own consulting firm but eventually decided to close because she got “way too ambitious about that”—she couldn’t say no to anything.
“I’m really ambitious about doing the least,” she told me. “I just want to be ambitious about caring for myself and caring for the people I love.” Though ambition is often tied to material things, she said, she’s getting more ambitious about her values. One example that comes to mind is when she was recruited to lead communications for a huge organization, a role that came with a significant title and, in theory, a bigger role. The answer was a hard no.
Often, saying no can look like saying yes to other parts of ourselves–the parts that will remain when we’re too sick to work, if we get fired, when we yearn to be someone who is more than the last task they completed. When we can, saying no to something at work can mean saying yes to so many other things.
Saying no when we can and quitting if we can matters. But if we offload changing how work functions to quitting and quitting alone, eventually we’ll run into the same problems at our next job, and even if we don’t, a friend, neighbor, or coworker will because, ultimately, “it’s not you,” Baldino told me. “It’s the nature of work itself.”
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