Per My Last Email
Is it okay to ask your coworker how much they make? Is Gen Z set up for failure in the workplace? Should you really bring your whole self to work? Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew's resident career experts Kaila and Kyle—whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit, and startup sectors—debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them.
Episodes
July 28, 2025 • 31 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle debate what they consider to be some non-obvious but very real truths about the nature of work and career. Plus, listen ‘til the end of the episode to hear Kaila’s bonus productivity hack.
00:00 Intro
00:26 “Per YOUR Last Email” segment
02:32 Non-Obvious Truth #1
05:30 The 3 “right” ways to be exploited at work
11:35 Non-Obvious Truth #2
19:33 Non-Obvious Truth #3
26:18 Bonus Productivity Hac...
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July 21, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss and debate the four types of jobs that they think everyone should have at least once in their career. Plus, listen ‘til the end to hear Kaila’s work fail of the week.
00:00 Intro
01:06 Job #1
06:21 Pros and cons of working for a name brand
10:54 Job #2
20:04 Job #3
23:44 Job #4
29:32 Sequencing your career trajectory
32:08 Kaila’s work fail of the week
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July 14, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the ins and outs of office politics, what it REALLY is, and how to improve on your office politicking skills in order to advance your career.
00:00 Intro
03:09 The two buckets of office politics
07:48 Can you opt out of office politics?
10:24 Advice for groups who face more biases in the workplace
12:57 MIT study on promotions based on potential
15:07 Kaila and Kyle’s personal experien...
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July 7, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and how to artificially generate it when you find yourself lacking motivation.
00:00 Intro
00:51 Intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation
03:08 Kyle’s intrinsic motivation vs Kaila’s extrinsic motivation
08:56 How Kaila hacks her motivation
14:52 Research-backed strategies for increasing motivation
19:24 Self-Determination ...
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June 30, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into some conversation-sparking Reddit “Am I the A******?” submissions, and give their candid opinions on each. From whether or not you should share details of your personal life with your coworkers, to the ethics of applying for the same job as a friend, Kaila and Kyle bring some strong opinions.
00:00 Intro
00:53 Scenario #1 - Retirement Gift
05:14 Scenario #2 - Applying for the Same Job a...
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June 23, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle talk about their biggest work fails, a different way to think about failure beyond simply as a “learning opportunity,” and share tactics on how to best move through and recover from failures in both work and career.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Kaila’s biggest work failure
04:20 Kyle’s biggest work failure
09:34 The problem with “I don’t fail, I either win or I learn.”
17:46 An NIH study on career failure ...
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June 16, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss what having high agency at work really means, the problems having high agency poses in certain contexts, and how to cultivate more of it in order to help your career.
00:00 Intro
01:20 Defining what having “high agency” is
06:52 The elements of high agency
10:34 An important point about having agency
14:17 An important element of truly effective high agency
15:03 A time when Kaila dem...
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June 9, 2025 • 40 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the viral Steve Madden interview and debate whether CEOs and corporations should be expressing their political views, as well as how to navigate politics in the workplace.
00:00 Intro
01:24 Steve Madden’s viral Cutting Room Floor interview
06:26 Lulu Cheng Meservey on “going direct” as a business leader
07:29 Stats on how different generations feel about companies voicing their political ...
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June 2, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into the problems with being a “people pleaser”, and how to balance being agreeable enough while also being effective and impactful at work. Plus, Kaila introduces The Workplace People Pleasing Matrix.
00:00 Intro
00:44 Defining what “people pleasing” actually is
01:55 Why the term “people pleaser” is inflammatory
06:09 Stats on agreeableness and income
07:53 The Workplace People Pleasing ...
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May 26, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss work stress and whether we’ve been thinking about it in the wrong way. There’s clearly such a thing as too much stress, but what about too little? And is there an ideal amount of stress we should be aiming for in order to be most successful at our jobs?
00:00 Intro
00:24 APA stats on stress and anxiety
02:53 Kaila’s relationship with work-related stress
06:57 Stats on workplace mental hea...
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May 19, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss common career tropes and debate whether or not the sayings hold up. Is HR really not your friend? Are your connections more important than your skills? Listen and find out.
00:00 Intro
00:36 Career myth #1 - “No one knows what they’re doing.”
07:35 Career myth #2 - “HR is not your friend.”
12:51 Career myth #3 - “It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know.”
19:11 Career myth #4 - “Follow ...
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May 12, 2025 • 33 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, Dr. Laurie Santos, to talk about the small ways you can find more meaning in your job, and the adjustments that help increase our happiness and well being at work.
00:00 Intro
00:44 Dr. Laurie Santos Intro
01:47 How much does your work factor into your overall happiness?
03:33 Dr. Santos’ take on the difference between how mille...
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May 5, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the problems with the current conversation around AI, and debate the issues with and the benefits of the technology for the workforce, society, and individuals.
00:00 Intro
00:57 The problem with the discourse around AI
05:42 Why we’re not having good faith arguments around AI
09:43 The three use cases for AI that Kaila found helpful
17:28 Kaila’s concerns with AI
21:00 How Kyle uses AI...
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April 28, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle talk about the value of giving your job its own performance review, the most effective way to do it, and the lowest rated jobs from their own career experiences.
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00:00 Intro
06:46 The Rate Your Job Template
13:38 Explaining the template through an example
15:55 How Kaila used the Rate Your Job Template when choosing her current job
19:00 Us...
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April 21, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into what exactly constitutes a “side hustle”, and the circumstances in which it IS and ISN’T worth having one. Not all side hustles are created equal.
00:00 Intro
03:11 Average income earned from a side hustle
05:11 The issue with the term “side hustle”
08:00 The most common types of side hustles
14:45 “Acceptable or Not?” game
20:46 Considering how a side hustle might be perceived at your job...
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April 14, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dive into tips and tactics on the best way to protect your job and prepare yourself for potential job cuts during a recession.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Listener email
03:19 What happens during a recession
06:24 What you can do to prepare yourself professionally if you are currently employed
09:10 “T-Shaped skills”
13:45 The importance of weak ties
19:09 Why you should consider posting on LinkedIn right now...
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April 7, 2025 • 30 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss the reason why efficiency shouldn’t be the goal at work, and how to actually get better at your job.
00:00 Intro
00:41 Our obsession with efficiency
02:26 The problem with the conversation around AI
06:46 What you lose when you focus too much on efficiency
11:42 When Kaila over-focused on efficiency in her career
18:06 How to actually get better at your job
19:46 Scheduling time for whimsy
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March 31, 2025 • 35 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss how to have those difficult conversations at work with career advice expert Erin McGoff of @advicewitherin. From addressing your lazy coworker to handling your micromanaging boss, Kaila, Kyle, and Erin offer specific tactics and approaches for conducting these challenging conversations.
00:00 Intro
00:55 How Advice With Erin got started
03:49 Stats on how much people avoid having difficult c...
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March 24, 2025 • 30 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into the details of the Rippling v Deel corporate espionage lawsuit, and why—even if you aren’t a corporate spy yourself—it should matter to you.
00:00 Intro
00:51 Background
07:26 Our reaction to the Rippling v Deel case
12:36 Remembering what Slack really is
18:08 What kind of information is okay to take with you from a job, and what is not
20:11 Noncompete clauses
21:59 “garden leave”
22:41 W...
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March 17, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle get philosophical and discuss the ethics of working for a company that doesn’t align with your values. Is it ever acceptable to work at a job that you perceive as immoral? And what can you do if you have to work at such a place?
00:00 Intro
05:30 Whether or it’s morally okay to work somewhere that goes against your values
09:08 Another important caveat when it comes to values aligning with your work...
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