Why Feeling Good Doesn't Always Pay Good: Emotional Intelligence

Send us Fan Mail Read article on Substack Can't get promoted? Work on your emotional intelligence. Still underpaid? Maybe you need more EI training. This narrative conveniently ignores the structural factors that actually drive salary differences and instead suggests that workers should invest in developing skills that make them better employees without necessarily making them better paid. It's the perfect neoliberal solution: individual self-improvement that benefits employers without challe...