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Industry season four exposes the Faustian bargain of modern work culture

  • Written by Peter Watt, Lecturer in Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University
Industry season four exposes the Faustian bargain of modern work culture

When Industry first aired in 2020 it seemed, ostensibly, to be a drama about a recent cohort of ambitious young graduates entering the cut-throat world of investment banking. But as the opening season unfolded and its central characters were established, it became clear that although the trading floor of the fictional-but-all-so-familiar Pierpoint...

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