As We Work

The Wall Street Journal

Work smarter and advance in your career with the As We Work podcast. With actionable steps grounded in WSJ reporting, As We Work gives practical advice to help you improve your work life. Hear compelling conversations with everyday people, experts and WSJ reporters as we focus on the workplace topics that are top of mind and offer tips and tricks for handling the thorniest of situations.

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51 episodes
Updated Jun 6, 2023

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May 10, 2022 · 3 min
From Hire to Retire: Managing the Big Moments On Your Career Journey
Having trouble figuring out where to go next in your career journey? The next season of As We Work will take you through all the steps, from getting that first job right out of college all the way to retirement. We’ll talk about the changing expectations from new graduates, the lessons that come from failure, how to network and even how to negotiate at work. We’d love to hear your questions about how to negotiate a better salary, benefits, more time off, or anything else you might want from your
Apr 26, 2022 · 24 min
No College? No Problem! New Collar Jobs Offer Career Opportunities
Now Hiring: No degree required. A growing number of tech companies are looking to fill roles that require special skills, but not necessarily a college diploma. They’re being called “new collar” jobs. Now, some people who have worked hourly jobs like food service or retail are setting themselves on a new career track and many are getting paid to learn on the job. In this conversation from the WSJ Jobs Summit, Joanna Estanislao details her journey from working hospitality to a full-time role with
Apr 19, 2022 · 28 min
Age of Reinvention: How Seasoned Workers Can Add Spice to a Team
Experience is usually a plus when looking for a job, but if you’re a more “seasoned” worker, subtle biases could stand in the way of landing the position you want. It’s called ageism: the belief that older employees aren’t as adaptable or desirable. But there are simple ways to position yourself so a hiring manager can see past the dates on your resume and instead see the skills you’ll bring to the job. At the WSJ Jobs Summit, Tess Vigeland spoke to Ginny Cheng, a career coach and Global Head of
Apr 12, 2022 · 29 min
Demanding Change: When Workers Speak Up and Companies Listen
What does it mean to stand up to your employer and demand change? Recently, workers at Disney successfully pushed their CEO to speak out against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. And they are not the only ones to become activists on the job. Google employee Tanuja Gupta helped organize a walkout that led to a change in company policy, and influenced a federal law banning forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases at work. She details why she stayed at a company she calls a microcosm of the deba
Apr 5, 2022 · 34 min
Goodbye Watercooler? Work Relationships in a Hybrid Age
How do we make meaningful connections at work when our colleagues are just images on a screen? Lucy Suros, CEO of e-learning company Articulate, says creating virtual hangouts where people don’t work is just one way to build company culture when you don’t have any offices. And workplace and leadership expert David Burkus tells us why maintaining work relationships, even while working remotely, is essential for long-term career growth. Also, Nitin Nohria, former dean of the Harvard Business Schoo
Mar 29, 2022 · 27 min
Beyond Burnout: Pandemic Uncertainty and Your Mental Health at Work
Addressing and improving mental health has become a workplace touchstone in the past few years. Many employees report feeling anxious, stressed and even burned out. But social psychologist Dr. Amy Cuddy says we are experiencing something more specific to this moment, something she calls “pandemic flux syndrome.” Host Tess Vigeland spoke with Cuddy at the WSJ Health Forum about why feeling powerless is particularly detrimental to mental health, how business leaders can help their workers cope and
Mar 22, 2022 · 31 min
Climb Up or Step Off: Covid Pushes Women to Rethink the Career Ladder
Ford Fund Director Pamela Alexander and former Fifth Third Bank Senior vice president Nicole Johnson-Scales reached similar positions on the corporate ladder. But, like many women in the upper levels of the corporate world, the pandemic made them reevaluate their career goals. Stay on the corporate ladder or step off? Maybe leap to a totally new one? And, as two of a small number of Black women in the top echelons of corporate America, what would their decisions mean for other women with ambitio
Mar 15, 2022 · 27 min
Show Me the Money: Why Pay Transparency is Still Controversial
Salary transparency has become a buzzword, from legislatures to social media, as a way to help improve pay equity in the workplace. But talking about how much we earn is still a no-go for many people. That is partly because the notion that we are “paid what we are worth” is so ingrained in our thinking. Today on the podcast, writer Victoria Walker talks about why she defied the taboo and shared her salary publicly. And sociologist Jake Rosenfeld explains why the “pay for performance” model is a
Mar 12, 2022 · 11 min
Meet Your Host: Tess Vigeland on WSJ’s ‘Your Money Briefing'
After 11 years behind the mic at the business and economics show “Marketplace,” Tess Vigeland had reached the top of her game. That’s when she decided to leap. She left her job with no backup plan to travel across Southeast Asia with nothing but a suitcase, a backpack and a camera bag. Tess’ story took place years before the Great Resignation began. As she likes to say, she was a “quitter before quitting was cool.” It’s just one reason she’s diving into the changing workplace in "As We Work." He
Mar 8, 2022 · 23 min
Hybrid Work, the Big Quit, C-Suite Empathy: Pandemic Changes at Work
The pandemic has upended our work lives. Between the Great Resignation, hybrid work and other changes, many of us are reevaluating our relationship to our job. In the inaugural episode of As We Work, host Tess Vigeland sits down with WSJ Life & Work coverage chief Nikki Waller and business reporter Chip Cutter to discuss what is changing and how bosses are managing through it. Plus, WSJ columnist Rachel Feintzeig helps us mind our manners back at the office. Questions? Stories? Get in touch with
Mar 1, 2022 · 1 min
Introducing: As We Work
As We Work is a new podcast from The Wall Street Journal about the changing dynamics of the workplace and how to navigate them. Each week, host Tess Vigeland speaks with experts, WSJ reporters and workers like you. Episode 1 will be available March 8.

As We Work

From Hire to Retire: Managing the Big Moments On Your Career Journey

No College? No Problem! New Collar Jobs Offer Career Opportunities

Age of Reinvention: How Seasoned Workers Can Add Spice to a Team

Demanding Change: When Workers Speak Up and Companies Listen

Goodbye Watercooler? Work Relationships in a Hybrid Age

Beyond Burnout: Pandemic Uncertainty and Your Mental Health at Work

Climb Up or Step Off: Covid Pushes Women to Rethink the Career Ladder

Show Me the Money: Why Pay Transparency is Still Controversial

Meet Your Host: Tess Vigeland on WSJ’s ‘Your Money Briefing'

Hybrid Work, the Big Quit, C-Suite Empathy: Pandemic Changes at Work

Introducing: As We Work