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Productivity at All Costs? The Workplace Obsession With “More With Less”

WTF is Business Casual · 2026-03-11 · 34 min

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work-life balanceworkplace productivityhustle culture at workmore with less workplacetoxic productivity culture

Episode notes

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jenny and Sarah follow a strange rabbit hole that started with a podcast about the history of meth. Yes, really. The episode explored how stimulants were once used to push soldiers, pilots, and workers to stay awake longer and produce more. And it sparked a bigger question: why has the workplace always been obsessed with squeezing more productivity out of humans? More with less. Work harder. Sleep less. Grind. Sound familiar?

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