Show Notes
This week I’m feeling extremely pop-culture-brained because my fav show Industry is back, and if you think it’s just a show about finance…I’m here to inform you it’s actually a horror story about work.
We’re talking: ambition with zero guardrails, power with zero accountability, jobs becoming entire identities way too early, and the whole nine yards.
From an HR lens, it’s equal parts fascinating and deeply unsettling, but there are plenty of valuable takeaways nonetheless!
I brought back my fellow Industry lover and friend, Dave Garcia, to unpack what the show gets right, what it exaggerates, and why it feels uncomfortably familiar.
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00:04:17 - How Hebba and Dave Started Watching Industry
00:05:37 - One New Thing Dave Wants to Learn This Year
00:08:17 - What Industry Says About Work, and Why We’re Talking About It
00:20:38 - How Grind Culture Reveals Socialized Dysfunction
00:31:06 - Accepting Status in Exchange for Safety
00:38:53 - How Power Affects Corporate Dynamics
00:49:32 - What Industry Gets Right About How Meritocracy Actually Works
00:59:57 - The Critiques of Hustle Culture
01:08:20 - What Industry Reveals About What Most Workplace Conversations Avoid
01:13:01 - Uncomfortable Conversations Industry Might Force You to Have
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