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How employers prey on your passion

How many times have we heard that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life? What happens when the work you love leaves you overworked and exploited? Erin A. Cech, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the mantra of finding your calling in a career helps fuel a culture that sacrifices balance for long hours and low pay and solidifies class inequalities. Her book is called “The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality.”