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Surviving the Daily Grind

English · Paperback

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The world of work wasn''t always what it is today. Just a few thousand years ago, all the necessities for life could be collected in 15 hours a week, with the rest of the time set aside for leisure. How did we go from hunter-gatherer society to white-collar rat race? Today, many people work in jobs with titles that would have baffled our ancestors: creative director, logistics coordinator or social media curator. Based on his immensely popular Bartleby Economist column, Philip Coggan rewrites the rules of work to help ordinary workers get through the week, filled with such sage distillations as "80% of the time of 80% of people in meetings is wasted" and "Jargon abhors a vacuum". But this book is also designed to help managers by pointing out some of the obvious traps they fall into, like corporate waffle or the hierarchy of fleas. Incisive, original, and endlessly droll, this is the guide for beleaguered underlings and harried higher-ups alike. As Rousseau might have said: "Man was born free, but is everywhere stuck in a meeting."

Product details

Authors Philip Coggan, Coggan Philip, PHILIP COGGAN
Publisher Profile Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.08.2023
 
EAN 9781788169257
ISBN 978-1-78816-925-7
No. of pages 194
Dimensions 129 mm x 199 mm x 14 mm
Subjects Guides > Law, job, finance
Social sciences, law, business > Business

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, Office and workplace, Working patterns and practices

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