Per My Last Email The 100th Episode Special: Work News, Gen Z & an HR Performance Review
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Mar 9, 2026 Meg and Annie, Morning Brew social creators and Gen Z correspondents, bring fresh younger-worker perspective on workplace trends. They discuss screen time and creator balance. They weigh in on office behaviors like meetings and Slack tone. They also check in on career goals and anxieties such as housing and debt.
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Surface Acting Drives Burnout
- Surface acting at work — faking the emotions you think you should show — is a hidden driver of burnout.
- Kyle explains studies linking emotional suppression to exhaustion and recommends being more emotionally authentic instead of constantly 'acting'.
Younger Companies Are More Remote Friendly
- Younger companies (founded 2015+) are roughly twice as likely to be remote-friendly than older firms.
- Kyle notes CEO age effects disappear when controlling for firm size, so company age is the key predictor for WFH friendliness.
Offsite Skills Can Boost Your Career
- Ski-resort offsites are turning into networking opportunities where impressive nonwork skills (like skiing) can boost career chances.
- Kyle and Kaila compare this to golf and Morning Brew anecdotes about bowling and trivia showing off hidden talents builds aura.