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Rebecca Clarke What We Learned From Interviews With 100 American Workers
Two Atlantic staffers discuss Inside Jobs, a months-long reporting project that included conversations with an obituary writer, a janitor, a train conductor, and many others.
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Rebecca Clarke The Hidden Work of Keeping an Office Running
Debra Leonard-Porch, an administrative professional for over 35 years, reflects on her career and the pride she finds her work.
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Rebecca Clarke The Emotional Labor of Waitressing
Marie Billiel, who has worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years, talks about having to have a “mask on” for eight hours at a time.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like Folding the Shirts That Get Thrown Back on the Shelf
Shawna Rule, a 21-year-old living in South Dakota, talks about juggling a full-time job, a part-time job, and a college degree.
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Rebecca Clarke The Life of a Lumberjack
Chuck Carlson, a logger in South Dakota, talks about having one of the most dangerous jobs in the country for over 30 years.
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Rebecca Clarke The Human at Human Resources
Jeni Strand, an HR executive in Fargo, North Dakota, talks about the challenges of building a workplace that respects employees’ time at home in an age of the smartphone.
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Rebecca Clarke Being an Investment Banker, Far Away From Wall Street
Brad Eichler, an executive at a Little Rock, Arkansas-based firm, talks about what hard work means to him when he’s traveling more than 100 days a year.
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Rebecca Clarke From Waitress to State Representative
Rhode Island's Moira Walsh thinks of herself not as a politician but “a waitress who happened to get pissed off enough to take a crack at it.”
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Rebecca Clarke How to Get Fair Treatment for LGBT Defendants
Francis Nichols, a pretrial-service officer in Washington D.C., talks about trying to get assistance to people in the justice system, especially those who aren’t straight.
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Rebecca Clarke The View From the Oil Fields
Julie Cruse, a petroleum engineer in Wyoming, discusses negative perceptions of her industry and how she navigates a male-dominated profession.
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Rebecca Clarke A Lawyer Who Loves Her Job
Doris Bobadilla talks about being the first self-identifying Hispanic female to be admitted into law practice in Mississippi, and how that still drives her today.
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Rebecca Clarke Why Architecture Is a Career for 'the Young and Childless'
Julie Engstrom, a designer in Cleveland, Ohio, talks about why her field is such a challenge for people with kids.
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Rebecca Clarke Consider the Lobsterman
Sam Rosen, a fisherman from Vinalhaven, Maine, discusses changes in the industry and how they affect the identity of the island community it supports.
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Rebecca Clarke How a Sculptor Adapted to Today's Economy
"I found myself unemployed five years ago for the first time in my life. That was unsettling, but it was not undoing."
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Rebecca Clarke From Growing Tobacco to Growing Hemp
Jane Harrod, a farmer in Kentucky, talks about transitioning to a different crop after the U.S. soured on cigarettes.
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Rebecca Clarke Watching the Army Evolve Over 15 Years
Sergeant First Class Patricia Robert talks about how an “impulse decision” to enlist in her mid-20s has, unexpectedly, served her well.
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Rebecca Clarke Flying Rescue Missions in the Most Remote Reaches of the U.S.
An interview with Lieutenant Commander Tom Huntley, a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Coast Guard
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Rebecca Clarke Living in a College Town, and Not Attending School
Caroline Held, a manager at a McDonald’s in Ames, Iowa, talks about taking a job in food service while many of her peers pursued higher education.
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Rebecca Clarke The Work Before the Big Break
Annie Truex, an actress in Los Angeles, talks about the obstacles women face in the audition process and how to stay motivated after constant rejections.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like to Work as an Exotic Dancer
Liza, a dancer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, talks about how the stereotypes about her profession affect how she’s treated by clientele.
