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Synopsis
Companies around the world have a tendency to take young, healthy individuals, suck them dry of energy and creativity, and then spit out the desiccated husks with never a backward glance. In order to survive this process, it is necessary to laugh. Office Wit & Wisdom encourages us to appreciate the funny side of office life and includes a dictionary of management-speak, with definitions of those strange phrases only ever uttered within the confines of the office; a field guide to office personalities (sadly, we all know those executives who punch the air and whoop as they hit their targets); the horrors and pitfalls of email and internet browsing at work; and a sobering analysis of office parties: years of commuting, unpaid extra hours, and working lunches rewarded by warm white wine and public humiliation by karaoke.
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About the Author
Tracey Turner has had a number of nasty incidents in offices, some of them lasting several years. The majority of her office life has been spent in the shady underworld of children's book publishing, but there have also been periods in the unglamorous hinterlands of banking, telecommunications and (most unpleasantly) waste management. She is a writer and children's books editor and lives in London. Her previous publications include Do You Come Here Often? A Failure's Guide to Flirting (Prion, Jan 2004).
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A handy guide to surviving office life while retaining your sense of humor, individuality, and will to live...
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- PublisherPrion
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1853755400
- ISBN 13 9781853755408
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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