Gen Z Is Making Their Parents Talk to Their Bosses

Work with Erika Ayers Badan

Lemonada Media

Business, Management

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of WORK, Erika reflects on lessons from the Work Like a Girl event in Boston and why optimism may be the most powerful leadership skill. She then unpacks viral business stories, including the Applebee’s executive who went on to become CEO of IHOP and eventually bought Applebee’s, and Brian Chesky's (Airbnb CEO) reminder that the future waits for no one. Erika also breaks down the surprising stat that three in four Gen Z workers bring their parents into job interviews.

Later, Jack Fischer, from the finance team at Food52, joins to share insights on building trust, challenging executive assumptions, and the importance of financial transparency at work. Finally, journalist and photographer Nadja Sayej discusses her career in the gig economy, the decline of traditional journalism, navigating celebrity culture, and how she’s building a creative legacy on her own terms.

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0:00.0	We have a quick message from our partner, Armour. Armour is a clothing rental membership,
0:04.9	and they help you build the perfect wardrobe for work. So it's obvious every day you get into
0:10.1	your closet, you're like, nothing to wear, or nothing I like, or nothing that fits. And what's
0:15.3	awesome about a membership with Armour is that they help you create the perfect wardrobe with
0:20.3	brands that are
0:20.8	high quality, unique, and recommended just for you. All you have to do is take a five-minute style
0:26.3	quiz, super easy, super intuitive. You select items from your dynamic and personalized closet. The
0:32.5	style show up at your door and as little as two days. And then when you're ready for new clothes,
0:39.9	you just mail them back and swap them out for you styles.
0:40.4	It's awesome.
0:41.2	So you always feel confident.
0:43.0	You always feel like you have something great to wear.
0:45.3	And you have a bunch of personal styles and unique clothing that are tailored just for you.
0:50.7	What's awesome about belonging to our noir and just in general is one of the things
0:55.8	happening for women at work is just overload and fatigue and being overwhelmed by too many
1:02.4	choices. And what's awesome about armoire is that even though your closet is packed with
1:07.9	things you don't want to wear, it curates a select number of items. You know
1:12.6	their high quality. You know they look good. You know they're tailored just-free. You know you like
1:17.9	them right now versus all the other stuff in your closet that you don't like or doesn't fit or you
1:22.9	wouldn't ever wear to work. And you can rent high high quality clothing for any occasion, all tailored to
1:28.9	your person's style. And then after you wear it and hopefully you've been photographed in it,
1:33.5	or you felt fabulous in it, or people remember doing it, you can send all of that great clothing back
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