Reality Gap Pod
Career advice is contradictory, AI is weird, burnout is real, and your five-year plan is a joke. But you still need rent money and something to care about. We navigate the gap between what work is supposed to be and what it actually is. No gurus, no blueprints. Pull up a seat for honest, funny conversations about navigating the mess of modern work.
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Ep03. The Office Snack Bar Is A Trap
The Office Snack Bar Is A Trap | Episode 03 | The Reality Gap Pod
"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." We all heard it. We all believed it. And then we got jobs.
In this episode, we talk about what we thought work culture would be vs. what it actually is. Antonia's been watching TikToks of influencers with unlimited snack bars and communal tables where everyone's well-lit and fashionable. Tom bursts that bubble with the truth: a great snack bar usually means terrible work-life balance. Lorenzo just wants an office with a slide.
We get into the gap between the dream (passion! friends! perks!) and the reality (performance reviews, code-switching, and figuring out how much of yourself you can actually bring to work).
Plus: Tom's childhood dream of becoming a supervillain, why Antonia wanted to be a spy, and what we've learned about building culture through this podcast.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Cold Open
00:26 Introduction
00:40 Work Culture Episode Theme
03:01 What do you Dream Work Culture will be Like (Snack Bar)
14:32 Childhood Dream of Work
22:56 Whole Self at Work
26:51 Healthy Work Culture
34:05 What is your Dream Health Work Place
38:17 Reality Gap Reflection
42:55 Outro
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