Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs |
Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs
Many Gen Z say they want a life outside of work. To firmly shut their laptops at 5 p.m.—and a significant chunk will even quit their jobs if their boss messages them after hours. But Arianna Huffington has a reality check for them: No one with an “interesting job” can do that.
Despite having well-earned flexibility—she’s built a $100 million net worth after co-founding The Huffington Post in 2005, selling it to AOL for $315 million, and now running her next venture, the wellness startup Thrive Global—she still doesn’t have a hard cut-off time.
“I don’t think there is anybody with an interesting job who can do that,” Huffington tells Fortune. “For you, or me, or most people with interesting jobs, there is never a time when you have a natural ending to the day.” Essentially, the work never really ends.
It’s why she can’t say what time she finishes the workday. It’s not static. Huffington says she........