An HONEST, laugh-out-loud
CAREER MANIFESTO
for highly creative professionals
“The more of us who build sustainable, self-authored careers, the weaker those outdated, shitty systems Become."
—Chapter 7, Page 109
In 2023, Brie Abramowicz was swept up in a company restructure and shoved off the hamster wheel—only to discover that Corporate America wasn’t going to catch her.
Polyworker tells the story—in darkly funny and painfully familiar detail—of what happens when a millenial over achiever loses the job she built her life around, and is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that maybe it was never a life at all.
What follows is a series of experiments that lead her somewhere unexpected: building a portfolio career!
Both a mirror and a map, Polyworker captures a generation’s disillusionment with traditional 9-to-5 careers and their attraction to a provocative alternative : a multidimensional, self-authored way of working built on curiosity, adaptability, and creativity.
Ever wonder whether trading your dignity, sense of self, and time was really worth the free salad Thursdays, THE logoed water bottle, and the illusion of job security?
In 2023, Brie Abramowicz was swept up in a company restructure and shoved off the hamster wheel—only to discover that Corporate America wasn’t going to catch her.
Polyworker tells the story—in darkly funny and painfully familiar detail—of what happens when a millennial over achiever loses the job she built her life around, and is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that maybe it was never a life at all. What follows is a series of experiments that eventually lead her somewhere unexpected: building a portfolio career.
Both a mirror and a map, Polyworker captures a generation’s disillusionment with traditional careers and attraction to a provocative alternative : a multidimensional, self-authored way of working built on curiosity, adaptability, and creative sovereignty.
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Parachuting off the corporate ladder faster than you can say let’s circle back? Brie’s here to give you a soft landing. Learn more about how to work with her to launch your own portfolio career.
WATCH THE Book’S COMPANION SHORTS!
Pull up a chair to watch Dinner for One’s companion sketches of two scenes from Polyworker. It's art. It's comedy! (It's late-stage capitalism crying softly in the background on mute!)