Punching in

Zusatztext "A book that takes readers behind the scenes at some of the country's best-known companies..." Informationen zum Autor Alex FrankeL is a writer based in San Francisco. He has written about business culture and adventure for Wired , Fast Company , The New York Times Magazine , and Outside , and he is the author of Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business . Klappentext During a two-year urban adventure through the world of commerce, journalist Alex Frankel proudly wore the brown uniform of the UPS driver, folded endless stacks of T-shirts at Gap, brewed espressos for the hordes at Starbucks, interviewed (but failed to get hired) at Whole Foods, enrolled in management training at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and sold iPods at the Apple Store. In this lively and entertaining narrative, Frankel takes readers on a personal journey into the land of front-line employees to discover why some workers are so eager to drink the corporate Kool-Aid and which companies know how to serve it up best. Zusammenfassung During a two-year urban adventure through the world of commerce, journalist Alex Frankel proudly wore the brown uniform of the UPS driver, folded endless stacks of T-shirts at Gap, brewed espressos for the hordes at Starbucks, interviewed (but failed to get hired) at Whole Foods, enrolled in management training at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and sold iPods at the Apple Store. In this lively and entertaining narrative, Frankel takes readers on a personal journey into the land of front-line employees to discover why some workers are so eager to drink the corporate Kool-Aid and which companies know how to serve it up best.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Frankel, Frankel Alex
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.11.2008
• EAN: 9780060849672
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084967-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 206 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management Science, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, ECONOMICS: SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Facility Management