I used to work at a textbook publisher. I took a job in the mailroom to get my foot in the door, and found out that, despite the fact that I had an english degree (one of the only requirements for an editorial assistant job), they wouldn't hire me out of the mailroom, because, "Working in the mailroom makes it seem like you're not serious." I said that I needed health insurance, and I was showing loyalty to the company. Crickets. Then they made us read WMmC, and got mad at me because I knew how to interpret the book's propaganda. Nothing has radicalized me more than working and having bosses.
Your boss: "We have a change in policy. 10% of you will be fed into a wood-chipper for our CEO's amusement. Here's a book to help you deal with change." Worker: "Why are you doing this to us?" Boss: "That worker doesn't understand personal responsibility. Toss him into the wood chipper first!"
The one thing this book successfully argues is that working at your job will never provide abstract value to your life. But they think that the reader will reach the conclusion that...blind obedience to your job is good?
I've read this book and liked the message. (I'm 5 minutes in, so my mind isn't changed yet) That being said, this book is the most anti-corporate book I can imagine. Why would any company force its employees to read it when the core message is when your job or life becomes stale, put your running shoes on and GO! To me, that is one more reason why corporate America is so dumb.
Finished listening, and I was right. I still like the message, but that's because I never saw it through a corporate lens. I've experienced the sudden job loss, relationship loss, and life changes. There is no choice but to change. I liked the background info they provided. And it expounded my knowledge and loathing of corporate America.
for real, this is the most anti corp loyalty book and how 'not to take it personal and keep moving' the same thing they complain about young gen not staying in the same place for more than a year or 2
What a brie-lliant metaphore. Do the mice have 2 pair of shoes for their front and back legs? One book you guys might hate is 5 Am Club by Robin Sharma. It is my favourite but at the same time it is so bad even conservatives and self improvement people hated it. It is definitely quite the roller coaster. The cast ends up getting mugged in Brazil for being idiots.
This is the same message as the movie You've Got Mail, which I always HATED for this particular reason. At least the mice don't end up sleeping with the psycho scientists like the little library owner who ended up with the mega bookstore dude who put her out of work in the first place
We wonder why such idiotic books become bestsellers. We fail to appreciate the sheer volume of nonsensical "self-help" or "business" books that have been published in the past 50 years. The books that make it onto this podcast are the outliers.
I used to work at a textbook publisher. I took a job in the mailroom to get my foot in the door, and found out that, despite the fact that I had an english degree (one of the only requirements for an editorial assistant job), they wouldn't hire me out of the mailroom, because, "Working in the mailroom makes it seem like you're not serious." I said that I needed health insurance, and I was showing loyalty to the company. Crickets. Then they made us read WMmC, and got mad at me because I knew how to interpret the book's propaganda. Nothing has radicalized me more than working and having bosses.
Your boss: "We have a change in policy. 10% of you will be fed into a wood-chipper for our CEO's amusement. Here's a book to help you deal with change."
Worker: "Why are you doing this to us?"
Boss: "That worker doesn't understand personal responsibility. Toss him into the wood chipper first!"
The one thing this book successfully argues is that working at your job will never provide abstract value to your life. But they think that the reader will reach the conclusion that...blind obedience to your job is good?
I've read this book and liked the message. (I'm 5 minutes in, so my mind isn't changed yet) That being said, this book is the most anti-corporate book I can imagine. Why would any company force its employees to read it when the core message is when your job or life becomes stale, put your running shoes on and GO! To me, that is one more reason why corporate America is so dumb.
Finished listening, and I was right. I still like the message, but that's because I never saw it through a corporate lens. I've experienced the sudden job loss, relationship loss, and life changes. There is no choice but to change.
I liked the background info they provided. And it expounded my knowledge and loathing of corporate America.
for real, this is the most anti corp loyalty book and how 'not to take it personal and keep moving' the same thing they complain about young gen not staying in the same place for more than a year or 2
What a brie-lliant metaphore. Do the mice have 2 pair of shoes for their front and back legs?
One book you guys might hate is 5 Am Club by Robin Sharma. It is my favourite but at the same time it is so bad even conservatives and self improvement people hated it. It is definitely quite the roller coaster. The cast ends up getting mugged in Brazil for being idiots.
Yay, new batch! Thank you!
we were just asked to read this horrible book at this time :D
This is the same message as the movie You've Got Mail, which I always HATED for this particular reason. At least the mice don't end up sleeping with the psycho scientists like the little library owner who ended up with the mega bookstore dude who put her out of work in the first place
In spite of my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. ( mouse in a maze)
"What would you do if you weren't afr-"
"Leave the maze."
"Not that."
It's one step away from "arbeit macht frei"
We wonder why such idiotic books become bestsellers.
We fail to appreciate the sheer volume of nonsensical "self-help" or "business" books that have been published in the past 50 years.
The books that make it onto this podcast are the outliers.
It's literally pro middle management, anti worker propaganda.