The 1990s experienced an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity fueled by increased worker productivity and extraordinary techno- logical advancements. At the same time, the workplace experienced majorshifts caused by significant corporate layoffs as witnessed by new words entering the American work vocabulary: downsizing" and the related "outsourcing" of jobs to cheaper labor markets "offshore. The economic recession of 2008-2010 resulted in higher unemployment rates that many economists predict will con tinue for years into the future as the "new normal In this context, social entrepreneurship and social enterprises provide a helpful background against which to reflect on the changing n of work. At a time when employees can no longer count on long-term stable employment from a single local company, how, if at all, can a person find a meaningful and successful career? Can the workplace provide meaning and purpose, or is it bet- ter to think of the workplace as capable of providing nothin her than jobs nothing other than a place where one earns money?