Surviving the Daily Grind
eBook - ePub

Surviving the Daily Grind

Bartleby's Guide to Work

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Surviving the Daily Grind

Bartleby's Guide to Work

About this book

One of today's pre-eminent financial journalists, and the Bartleby columnist for the Economist, reveals strategies and tips for surviving—and making the most out of—the work week. We spend a lot of our time at work and would be depressed with nothing to do. But when it gets to Monday, many of us are already longing for the weekend and the prospect of escape. How did work become so tedious and stressful? And is there anything we can do to make it better? Based on his popular Economist Bartleby column, Philip Coggan rewrites the rules of work to help us survive the daily grind. Ranging widely, he encourages us to cut through mindless jargon, pointless bureaucracy and endless meetings to find a new, more creative—and less frustrating—ways to get by and get things done at work. 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." If you've ever thought there must be a better way, this is the book for you.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Getting Started
  7. Chapter 2: Meetings
  8. Chapter 3: Office Life
  9. Chapter 4: Jargon
  10. Chapter 5: Who Would be a Manager?
  11. Chapter 6: The Cult of the Chief Executive
  12. Chapter 7: Modern Managers
  13. Chapter 8: Helping Hands
  14. Chapter 9: The Future of Work. Part 1
  15. Chapter 10: The Future of Work. Part 2
  16. Epilogue: Bartleby’s Rules
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. About the Author
  19. Notes
  20. Copyright