A review by maddness22
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.25

I think this book does an incredible job outlining the emotional labor required for work across several industries and sectors. It's written in a way that is digestible and can be easily consumed if you just want to read about the industries that interest you, but it's also very compelling to learn about the extra emotional labor required for free from these jobs and how this causes exploitation for the current workforce across the board. I absolutely agree that jobs forcing emotional labor in exchange for a living wage is especially cruel, particularly when that love is often the replacement for a decent salary. 

I was a bit disappointed it didn't challenge the ongoing narrative of "only unions can save you from exploitation" a little more, especially since several of the sectors showed how little unions actually benefitted their lives (looking at you, non-profit chapter) after all the work required to obtain one.