NYT Magazine | Why are some of America’s wealthiest professionals so miserable in their jobs?

Miserable millionaires, new labor movements and more in our Future of Work issue. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Friday, February 22, 2019 [NYTimes.com »]( [America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable]( By CHARLES DUHIGG Illustration by Tracy Ma “I feel like I’m wasting my life. When I die, is anyone going to care that I earned an extra percentage point of return? My work feels totally meaningless.” The writer Charles Duhigg went to his Harvard Business School reunion and noticed a curious trend. His former classmates were wealthy, successful and miserable with their lives. One man earned about $1.2 million a year and hated going to the office. His classmates talked about missed promotions, disaffected children and billable hours in divorce court. They complained about jobs that were unfulfilling, tedious or just plain bad. There was a lingering sense of professional disappointment. The upper echelon is hoarding money and privilege to a degree not seen in decades. But that doesn’t make them happy at work. [Find out why.]( [The New Labor Movement Fighting for Domestic Workers’ Rights]( Sharif Hamza for The New York Times By LAUREN HILGERS Nannies and housecleaners have some of the hardest, least secure jobs in the nation. Now they’re organizing to change that. [Why Aren’t Women Advancing More in Corporate America?]( Illustration by Tracy Ma By EMILY BAZELON From the 1970s into the ’90s, women made serious progress in the workplace. Then that progress stalled, especially at the top. More from the Magazine:  Issue 2.24.19 [Behind the Cover: The Future of Work]( For this issue, a look at what makes a “good job” good. [Cheese crackers.]( Paola & Murray for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Angharad Bailey. Eat [My French Grandmother’s Shortbread Makes for Shamefully Addictive Cheese Crackers]( By GABRIELLE HAMILTON Cheddar-sesame-cayenne coins that recall the American South — with a little European flair. Photo illustration by Weronika Gesicka. Source photographs: Alamy. Letter of Recommendation [Letter of Recommendation: Dollhouses]( By EMILY LANDAU A dollhouse is the one domestic space both completely under — and reasonably within — your control. Chip Sommodevilla/Getty Images Screenland [The Meaning of the Scene: When Pelosi Clapped at Trump]( By WESLEY MORRIS The internet is great at rooting out and freeze-framing interpersonal drama. It has become downright masterful during the Trump era, our critic writes. Stay in touch:  Follow us on Twitter ([@NYTmag](  Appreciated this email? Forward it to a friend and help us grow. Loved a story? Hated it? Write us a letter at [magazine@nytimes.com](mailto:newsletters@nytimes.com?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback%20NYT%20Magazine). Did a friend forward this to you? [Sign up here to get the magazine newsletter](  Need help? Review our [newsletter help page]( or [contact us]( for assistance.  Check us out on[ Instagram]( where you’ll find photography from our archives, behind-the-scenes snippets from photo shoots, interviews on how we design our covers and outtakes that don’t make it into the issue. ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes [Twitter] [@nytmag]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The New York Times Magazine newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2019 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018