You did everything right.
So Why does work feel SO WRONG?

A book about the current state of modern work.

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You did
everything right.
So Why does work
feel SO WRONG?

A book about the state of modern work.

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POLYWORKER

pol-ee-wur-ker · noun

Someone who’s abandoned corporate

ascension to build a career on their terms.

★★★★★
“Sharp, funny, and unsparring about the illusions of modern work in America.”

Polyworker traces one millennial’s collapse of faith in Corporate America—and her earnest search for a new way forward. Part cultural reckoning, part personal upheaval, part guide, this book offers a radically honest look at why traditional careers are failing us, and a darkly hilarious account of what it’s really like to polywork your way toward a career built on your terms.

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  • "The millennial bible for a new way to work more creatively!"

    Allyson Condrath
    Actor, Dinner Party for 1

  • "A very refreshing take on how to design a more sustainable relationship with work.”."

    Andrea Green
    Partner Sales, Jasper

  • An interrogatation of our collective obsession with work and capitalism."

    Emily Kim
    Fractional HR Consultant, EK Consulting

  • "This book is a must read. It cracks open a conversation we desperately need to be having.”

    Bradley Michayluk
    Group Product Manager, Nesto Group

  • "I've never laughed this hard reading a business book. Seriously! A must read for anyone considering a portfolio career or indie work."

    Renee Frojo
    Founder, A Good Reputation

  • "A book for anyone grieving their corporate identity and reimagining what a regenerative, self-authored career can look like for themselves.”

    Julie Fedele
    Founder, The Portfolio Career Club

  • "The hitchhiker's guide to the cranky and underemployed Millennial's universe" ;)

    Kent Gustavson
    CEO, Blooming Twig

  • A manifesto for paving your own way once you decide to leave Corporate America."

    Meg Schedling
    Fractional PMM, Strategic Pivotery

  • "An intimate exploration of our collective disorientation with work and migration toward a more integrated way of living."

    Javaree Walker
    Founder, Ready to Dad

  • "Polyworker made my messy, very-not-just-me relationship with work feel collective, navigable, and funny."

    Bhavna Devani
    Fractional, Apricity Consulting

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 careers and their attraction to a provocative alternative : a multidimensional, self-authored way of working built on curiosity, adaptability, and creativity.

About the book

Ever wondered whether trading your dignity, sense of self, and every free hour of your time was really worth it for the free salad Thursdays, a 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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About the author

Product strategist by training.
Portfolio careerist by design.

Brie Abramowicz is an indie author, product strategist, and portfolio career advisor. She has spent the past two years rebuilding her career from the ground up, turning her own hard-won insight into a coaching and consulting practice that helps other creative professionals build their own careers with commas. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband

and two cats. When she’s not busy flagging the emergency exit for people fleeing outdated career models, you can find her adventuring through the Puget Sound, reading a good book, or cozying up with her two cats Momo & Stout (who remind her regularly that naps are also a part of the future of work).

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*The author, not the cheese.

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