The Breadwinners Jennifer Owens + Rachael Ellison

Today’s workforce is comprised of four generations — Boomers, GenX, Millennials and GenZ — all of whom come to work every day with different views, communication styles, needs and challenges.

In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how we can, and should, work together to thrive and grow at work.

Tell us your generational story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.

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Episode Links
Why We Need Multigenerational Workplaces
https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/diversity/2020/how-to-attract-multigenerational-workforce

What Are the Different Generations in the Workplace? Your Definitive Guide
https://lindseypollak.com/different-generations-workplace-definitive-guide/

How Millennials Today Compare With Their Grandparents 50 Years Ago
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/16/how-millennials-compare-with-their-grandparents/#!17

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com.
Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.

The coronavirus pandemic is upending the way we work, live and connect with one another — and it’s happening so fast that it’s pushing us to new heights of stress, fear and uncertainty.

Brigid Shulte, Director of the Better Life Lab at the New America Foundation, joins Jennifer to talk about work and life in the time of Covid — and the basic supports still needed to protect both.

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Episode Links
Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time
https://www.amazon.com/No-Excuses-Women-Change-Think/dp/1580053882

Crisis Conversations — Live from Better Life Lab
https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/events/online-crisis-conversations-live-from-better-life-lab-4/

Tear Up Your Pandemic To-Do List
https://forge.medium.com/tear-up-your-pandemic-to-do-list-453add9e3eec

Which Companies Still Aren’t Offering Paid Sick Days?
https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/reports/which-companies-still-arent-offering-paid-sick-days/

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com
Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com
Want more Brigid? Visit Better Life Lab: https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.

As some employers start to reopen their workplaces, two-thirds of Americans say they are worried about returning to their desks. But how much of our work still needs to be done onsite, and how much can be done at home?

In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the questions that need to be asked — and answered — as we consider returning to the office.

How are you juggling home, work and family now? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.

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Episode Links
Is America ready to return to work and get back to business?
https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/covid-19-back-to-work/

Working from home is here to stay, even when the economy reopens
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/work-from-home-is-here-to-stay-after-coronavirus.html

Twitter Will Let Employees Work From Home Permanently
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitter-work-from-home-forever-coronavirus-1234604586/

I’m A Psychologist. Here’s How Employers Can Help Workers Get Through This Pandemic
https://www.fastcompany.com/90493478/im-a-psychologist-heres-how-employers-can-help-workers-get-through-this-pandemic

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com.
Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.

"You need to know how to play the game in order to change it. But you also have a responsibility to change it while you're playing it."

In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, which aims to propel women to take their fair share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.

Its 50 Women Can Change the World leadership program is now focused on serving women in journalism and applications to join its group are now open at 50womencan.com.

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Episode Links
No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power
https://www.amazon.com/No-Excuses-Women-Change-Think/dp/1580053882

The Ms. Q&A: Gloria Feldt Wants More Women Empowered and in Power
https://msmagazine.com/2019/09/23/the-ms-qa-gloria-feldt-wants-more-women-to-be-empowered-and-in-power/

Leading In Chaos: How Resilient Are You?
https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/blog/leading-in-chaos-how-resilient-are-you

Lean In: Women in the Workplace 2019
https://womenintheworkplace.com/

Pew: The Data on Women Leaders
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/the-data-on-women-leaders/

Center for American Progress: The Women’s Leadership Gap
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2018/11/20/461273/womens-leadership-gap-2/

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com
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Want more Gloria? Visit Take the Lead: www.taketheleadwomen.com/

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.

Women represent nearly two-thirds of the workforce in the 40 lowest-paying jobs, many of which are now considered essential. Nevertheless, at least 36 percent, or 13 million, of these workers earn less than $15 per hour.

In this episode, we consider breadwinners in low-paid occupations such as food services, healthcare and retail and the added struggles they now face in the pandemic.

How are you juggling home, work and family now? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.

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Episode Links
When Hard Work Is Not Enough: Women in Low-Paid Jobs
https://nwlc-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Women-in-Low-Paid-Jobs-report_pp04-FINAL-4.2.pdf

Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families
https://econofact.org/snapshot-of-the-covid-crisis-impact-on-working-families

States Are Stepping Up with Emergency Child Care Solutions for Frontline Essential Personnel in Response to COVID-19
https://tcf.org/content/commentary/states-stepping-emergency-child-care-solutions-frontline-essential-personnel-response-covid-19/

22 Million Americans Have Now Filed For Unemployment In The Last 4 Weeks
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/836424302/22-million-americans-have-now-filed-for-unemployment-in-the-last-4-weeks

Tens of Millions of Americans Are Risking Their Lives for Less Than $15/Hr
https://www.newamerica.org/public-interest-technology/blog/tens-millions-americans-are-risking-their-lives-less-15hr/

Fear and Hoarding in the Time of Coronavirus: Invest in Child Care, Not Private Jets
https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/04/fear-and-hoarding-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-invest-in-child-care-not-private-jets/

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com.
Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.

Today a majority of men believe they face at least a little bit of discrimination in the workplace due to their gender — and thus, any gain for women is seen as a loss for them.

In this episode, Rachael + researchers Yasemin BesenCassino (Montclair State University) and Dan Cassino (Fairleigh Dickinson University) consider their research into breadwinning’s impact on masculinity, gender disparities, and relationships — and what it might predict about our post-pandemic lives.

Tell us your breadwinning story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.

Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts!

Episode Links
Women Academics Seem To Be Submitting Fewer Papers During Coronavirus. ‘Never Seen Anything Like It,’ Says One Editor
https://www.thelily.com/women-academics-seem-to-be-submitting-fewer-papers-during-coronavirus-never-seen-anything-like-it-says-one-editor/

Why More American Men Feel Discriminated Against
https://hbr.org/2016/09/why-more-american-men-feel-discriminated-against

Emasculated Men Refuse to Do Chores—Except Cooking
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-only-chore-men-will-do-is-cook/505067

The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439913498/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1490642131&sr=8-7&keywords=yasemin+besen

Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com
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Want more Dan? Visit Fairleigh Dickinson University: www.fdu.edu
Want more Yasemin? Visit Montclair State University: https://www.montclair.edu/

Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify.