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bookaholiz's review
informative
medium-paced
4.25
This book presented a very thorough picture of the overwork culture observed in the UK, and around the world. Written in 2005, yet it had (depressingly) not lost its timely message, and since then the situation has unfortunately been progressing just as predicted, if not worse, with the staggering introduction and pervasive nature of technology.
If you had not been disillusioned with the hustle culture and radicalized against corporation, this book will do so. Since this is my domain of research, I find the writing and the content very accessible, but it might be a lot of economics information for someone not familiar with the subject prior.
If you had not been disillusioned with the hustle culture and radicalized against corporation, this book will do so. Since this is my domain of research, I find the writing and the content very accessible, but it might be a lot of economics information for someone not familiar with the subject prior.
caterinaanna's review
2.0
Not sure why I picked this up from the table at the Unconvention when I have already done the opting out it suggests, at least to a certain extent. It explores the overwork culture which it claims is a product of the last thirty years or so and lays at the door of companies out for profit. There are lots of examples and descriptions of lifestyles and jobs that have become even more prevalent in the nearly ten years since it was written and were again in the news at the time I was (slowly) reading it. Maybe it is because it is no longer new that I thought it was over-simplistic and repetitive and didn't enjoy reading it.
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