Many high-performing professional services firms—from big law to accounting to consultancies—are characterized by the extreme ...

However, the reality is that many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and do not provide any of these benefits, meaning that formal work is not a guaranteed path to greater social equality.

“Some people are going to be saying, ‘I learned to be comfortable, I gained 45 minutes of my life back [not primping as much in the morning], I’m going to go into work and do a terrific job ...