PrepWell Podcast with Phil Black
Jul 12, 2026 · 8 min · 8 segments
In today's episode, I argue that "work-life balance" is not a top priority for college graduates. - What are the top priorities? - Why doesn't work-life balance make the cut? - How to manage…
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Where is the work-life balance in that? And this comment really got under my skin.
I kept wondering whether the expectation now is not only to get a job immediately after college, making six figures, but a job that also provides work-life balance for a 22-year-old in their first entry-level job.
This person in their comment is suggesting that a 22-year-old immediately upon college graduation should expect to get a job, making six figures, which also provides work-life balance.
And forget about it if you're still trying to get a job by submitting your resume to some online job posting.
And the number of college graduates getting six-figure job offers immediately upon graduation is vanishingly small.
And this person is commenting that if you're lucky enough to get a job, a six-figure job no less, that you should hesitate if that job doesn't allow for work-life balance because you might be out to sea for a few months.
Hello? What's going to be next? Expecting that every job offer comes with full-time remote work options? I don't think so.
You should be running away screaming from jobs that offer work-life balance or remote work options and toward jobs that promise unapologetically 60, 70, 80-hour work weeks, in-person work weeks.
You should be using your 20s to put the pedal to the metal in whatever you're doing, even if it's not yet the perfect job in the perfect industry.
Where is the work-life balance in that? And this comment really got under my skin.
I kept wondering whether the expectation now is not only to get a job immediately after college, making six figures, but a job that also provides work-life balance for a 22-year-old in their first entry-level job.
This person in their comment is suggesting that a 22-year-old immediately upon college graduation should expect to get a job, making six figures, which also provides work-life balance.
And forget about it if you're still trying to get a job by submitting your resume to some online job posting.
And the number of college graduates getting six-figure job offers immediately upon graduation is vanishingly small.
And this person is commenting that if you're lucky enough to get a job, a six-figure job no less, that you should hesitate if that job doesn't allow for work-life balance because you might be out to sea for a few months.
Hello? What's going to be next? Expecting that every job offer comes with full-time remote work options? I don't think so.
You should be running away screaming from jobs that offer work-life balance or remote work options and toward jobs that promise unapologetically 60, 70, 80-hour work weeks, in-person work weeks.
You should be using your 20s to put the pedal to the metal in whatever you're doing, even if it's not yet the perfect job in the perfect industry.
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