Becoming You with Suzy Welch

Stop everything you’re doing and do not take these three jobs. This is part two of our series featuring Becoming You Labs Chief Economist Sania Khan, all about the jobs that look good on paper, but may not be worth saying yes to.
This week, Suzy and Sania take on the final three. First, the job that only makes sense if you get promoted, including the two-year rotational programs that used to be the golden ticket. Then the job where you may be training your own AI replacement. And finally, the job that exists because of a single line item in someone else’s budget. For each one, they share what to ask before you say yes, and how to protect yourself if you’re already in it.
Along the way, Suzy tells the story of her own two-year program at Bain, a glass factory in Toledo, and the steel dumpster assignment that taught her more than any classroom. Plus, Sania introduces her “three Ms” framework for looking beyond today’s job boards: markets, movements, and megatrends. If you know someone future-proofing their career, or you’re in that position right now, this episode is for you.
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How much of yourself should you actually bring to work? You hear it all the time: “Bring your whole self.” Then again, “Don’t bring your whole self.”
This is the season finale of the first season of Please Advise, and your host Suzy Welch is flipping the script on advice-giving. After Suzy told a young woman to stop giggling, stop touching her hair, and overall stop being bubbly at work, her newsletter readers did not hold back. Two of them join her to disagree live: Elena, who fired off an email titled “Too bubbly???” and Jodie, a trauma surgeon and former cheerleader whose own email to Suzy was epic.
What follows is a debate about whether authenticity at work is a right or something you earn, how gender changes the answer, and how to tell a company that wants your real self from one that only wants the polished version.
Thank you for an incredible first season of Please Advise! Suzy will be back with a new one soon, so if you have questions, submit it through the link below.
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“Do not, under any circumstances, take that job.”
Everyone’s always telling you what job to take. This week, Suzy and Becoming You Labs chief economist Sania Khan tell you about the six you should think twice about, in a two-part series on the jobs that look good today but may leave you without a life raft tomorrow.
With hiring slowing and people clinging to the jobs they have, the temptation to say yes to any offer is real. But some of the most appealing roles come with risks that don’t show up on a resume: jobs where you’re indispensable but can’t prove it, jobs at companies that keep AI out of your hands, and jobs where you’ll take the blame for what AI gets wrong.
This week, Suzy and Sania take on the first three jobs, with real examples, current data, and practical ways to protect yourself if you’re already in one of them. You may even have one of these jobs right now. And if you do, there’s still realistic hope.
If you know someone who might be in one of these roles, forward them this episode.
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What if the thing everyone compliments you on is your greatest professional gift, and you’ve spent your whole career trying to outgrow it?
This week on season 1 of Please Advise on the Becoming You podcast, Suzy’s guest is a friend who casually asked a question over dinner: what if my greatest aptitude is my personality? Allison Avery is a longtime HR professional and trained Jungian psychoanalyst figuring out what comes next. Now they’re taking it live, with a conversation about why we trust the skills we’ve had to earn, more than the ones that come naturally, and what changes when you stop treating your biggest gift as a consolation prize.
Have a question for Please Advise? Submit it here.
As a Becoming You podcast listener, use code PODCAST for 50% off The Values Bridge.
You are always growing and evolving and so are we. Sign up for the ⁠Becoming You newsletter⁠ for fresh new content in one tidy package.
Want more Becoming You? Check out the ⁠Becoming You book⁠.
You can follow and tag Suzy on:
• Instagram: ⁠@suzywelch⁠
• Linkedin: ⁠@suzywelch⁠
• TikTok: ⁠@suzywelch⁠
• YouTube: ⁠@suzywelch_⁠
• X: ⁠@SuzyWelch⁠