Why Nobody Talks About Being a Caregiver at Work (& What It's Costing Us) with Jennifer Levin
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Jen Fisher interviews Jennifer Levin about the challenges and costs of being a caregiver at work.
Why Nobody Talks About Being a Caregiver at Work (& What It's Costing Us) with Jennifer Levin In this deeply personal episode of The WorkWell Podcast™, Jen Fisher speaks with Jennifer Levin , television writer, journalist, and founder of Caregiver Collective, about her powerful book " Generation Care: The New Culture of Caregiving ." While we're in meetings and hitting deadlines, millions of workers are simultaneously managing something most colleagues know nothing about—caring for aging or chronically ill family members. Jennifer became a caregiver at 32 when her father was diagnosed with a rare degenerative illness, and what she discovered changed everything about how we should think about work, support, and what it means to show up. Episode Highlights: What makes millennial and Gen X caregiving different—and why "you don't have other responsibilities" is a dangerous assumption Why most young caregivers don't identify as caregivers—and what that silence costs them The role reversal nobody prepares you for: becoming your parent's parent Why our culture doesn't value family care as strong social capital—and the discrimination that follows The real cost to companies: employees…
Topics covered
- caregiving
- workplace culture
- employee support
- millennial caregivers
- family care
- work-life balance
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