Ep. 3 "Are Your Coworkers ‘Family’?"

When companies try to build workplace culture, the phrase “We’re a family” is often not far behind. But a growing number of young people seem to reject the idea that our coworkers should be “like family.” After all, everyone has a different experience with family – and it’s not all good. And these terms, while well-meaning, can lead us to overinvest in our workplace family at the expense of our relationships outside the business realm. Adam and Maude explore the growing backlash around workplace “families” and discover a wealth of green flags that might help companies of all sizes foster healthier, more humanized coworker communities.

Guests include: Stu Summerfield, a coworker at an innovation agency in Los Angeles; MaryLeigh Bliss, a culture and youth insights expert and Chief Content Officer at YPulse; Allison Thorson, an expert in family and interpersonal communications and Professor at the University of San Francisco; and Julianna Pillemer, a leading researcher on relationships in the workplace and Assistant Professor at NYU Stern School of Business.