Is Your Job Your Identity?
From My Crazy Office by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
April 29, 2026 · 11 min
About this episode
Kathi and Katherine explore the relationship between job status and personal identity.
In this episode of My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine ask an important question – Is your job your identity? If so, does changing your job threaten your identity? They start with a question from someone who recently left a job at a large, recognizable brand for a better position at a smaller, less well known company. Even though the new job offers much more opportunity, the change in visibility and status is causing this person self-doubt. Is your identity tied into the status of your job? Listen here.
People in this episode
Hosts: Kathi Elster, Katherine Crowley
Topics covered
- job identity
- career change
- self-doubt
- status
- opportunity
Keywords
- job identity
- career change
- self-doubt
- status
- opportunity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: large, recognizable brand, smaller, less well known company
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