Sarah Mosseri

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So thrilled to be interviewed by @annehelen.bsky.social about my new book! www.patreon.com/posts/do-you...

Orchestrated Alliance: Exposing the Trust Fall in the NYC Ride-hail Circuit Sarah Mosseri’s recent book, <i>Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us</i>, examines how both office and interactive service workers rely on interpersonal ties as improvised infrastructures f...

A new excerpt published by Just Tech features the final book chapter from Trust Fall @sarahmosseri.bsky.social (@ucpress.bsky.social) on workplace relations in the NYC ride-sharing circuit. Read more: just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/orc...

Sarah Mosseri's "Trust Fall" Sarah Mosseri is a sociologist and writer whose insights are shaped by years spent working on both sides of the labor divide—from the servi...

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford

I put Trust Fall through the Page 99 test at The Campaign for the American Readeer; read more about it here! page99test.blogspot.com/2025/12/sara...

Orchestrated Alliance: Exposing the Trust Fall in the NYC Ride-hail Circuit Sarah Mosseri’s recent book, <i>Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us</i>, examines how both office and interactive service workers rely on interpersonal ties as improvised infrastructures f...

Thrilled to have an excerpt of my book on the @ssrc.org Just Tech platform! just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/orc...

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Did you miss my critical conversation on work & intimacy with @sarahljaffe.bsky.social? Catch the 5min highlight reel here! youtu.be/gZp-IMyKSQg?...

This is today! Register here: darden-virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?

"But a rule breaker might break some rules for you. If you feel underemployed, underappreciated and under-capitalized, you don’t have a lot to lose by betting on the crude guy with the bad jokes." I saw this at work too, as I show in my book @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵

I'm returning to Work Won't Love You Back territory for this conversation with @sarahmosseri.bsky.social -- online, December 9, free to all, timed for both US and Europe. darden-virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I’m thrilled to be co-hosting a digital event with Sarah Jaffe – journalist and author of Work Won’t Love You Back (among several other books).

🗓️ Join us on December 9th at 12pm (EST) for a candid conversation about work and intimacy.

Register here: darden-virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚨 IT'S LAUNCH DAY!!! 🚨Trust Fall is going out in the world today, and I genuinely hope folks find value in it.

Order today: www.smosseri.com/trust-fall

My friend, Sarah Mosseri, wrote a book, Trust Fall, and It’s SO good. For anyone passionate about employee engagement, organizational culture, or what it really means to belong at work—this book is a must. Order yours at www.smosseri.com/trust-fall
@sarahmosseri.bsky.social

Trust Fall by Sarah Mosseri - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

ASA member Sarah Mosseri @sarahmosseri.bsky.social uncovers how the very bonds workers rely on to manage instability and insecurity often deepen their exposure to risk and exploitation. @ucpress.bsky.social

I am such a fangirl of the journalist, Anne Helen Petersen. She writes honestly and with clarity about really complex and nuanced issues. I'm still pinching myself about the fact that she endorsed my book.

If you haven't gotten your copy yet, order here: www.smosseri.com/trust-fall

Buffering: The Unspoken Labor of Protective Managers Every organization relies on buffers: the managers who absorb chaos, protect their teams, and keep the gears turning. Their care holds things together, but also keeps broken systems intact.

My latest Work Fails post draws on Jackson Lamb from Apple's Slow Horses to explain the unspoken labor of protective managers. Check it out and share with others!

The Hidden Victims of America’s Wildfires

This is such a heartbreaking story of the trust fall of modern work that I describe in my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/p...

Trust is listed as a core value in workplaces, but it can often be weaponized Trust and loyalty are valued by employers, but these values can be used as weapons of control, as shown in the cases of the CDC's Susan Monarez and the FBI's James Comey.

My Op-Ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution dropped this morning! Check it out! www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...

Pre-ordered copies should go out mid-November, and you can secure yours through one of the links on my website: www.smosseri.com/trust-fall

“I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous; that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.” – Jo March

I’m not rich or famous (yet 😉), but holding my book in print feels like the best measure of success!

So excited to have Caity Collins endorsement!!

Communions of Crisis: How “Fighting Fires” at Work Has Become the New Trust Fall Workplace crises don’t just test our strength. They sustain the very systems that exploit it, turning teamwork into dependency, chaos into culture, and suffering into proof of loyalty.

My latest Work Fails post looks at how “fighting fires” became the new trust fall, and why crisis feels so meaningful even when it burns us out

open.substack.com/pub/workfail...

Sarah Mosseri’s ‘Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us’ investigates American work culture Sociologist Sarah Mosseri is challenging a familiar idea in American work culture: the notion of the “workplace family.”

The Red & Black at UGA did a profile on me and my book! As an alum, I'm super excited! www.redandblack.com/culture/sara...

Opinion | How Moms Got Caught in Trump’s Cross Hairs

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...

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Land of the Long White Cloud How a visit to New Zealand gave me hope in the face of the climate crisis

Meg-of-all-trades discusses the hope for sustainability after visiting New Zealand: "All I can tell you is that — on the other side of the planet...Climate change is a mutually agreed upon fact that helps push progress in sustainability forward." open.substack.com/pub/megoffsu...

I first met @allisonpugh.bsky.social on the page of her book, Longing and Belonging. I was instantly mesmerized by her writing and thinking. She offered a model of what I aspired to be as a sociologist.

So grateful to have her support now as I publish my first book!

My latest Work Fails post breaks down some of the key concepts of the book, most notably "flash intimacy." Specifically, I show how the mechanisms of flash intimacy work together to trap talented people in unfulfilling roles.

Check it out, share and subscribe: lnkd.in/eFk2RXVt

Learn about the University of Virginia’s Department of Sociology‬ & other sociology depts in the 2025 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology. Now completely online and free for ASA members. Also available for a fee to nonmembers. https://bit.ly/ASAGradGuide‬‬‬

I first met @jaclynswong.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy at WFRN in 2018 when I was a grad student presenting. She smiled, nodded, and later chatted with me. It was a small moment of mentorship that meant so much. I’m so grateful she endorsed Trust Fall.

“We Don’t All Have the Same 24 Hours”: How Temporal Privilege Keeps Inequality Hidden There’s much talk of time divides, but inequality isn’t just about hours on the clock. It’s about the friction in our days.

Findings from my recent ASA presentation in Chicago. Would love to hear feedback! open.substack.com/pub/workfail...