Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office
Turns the spotlight on the toxic individuals in today's workplace, from the "I Just Might Cry" person to the "I've Changed My Mind" person to the "Pretend Working-Class Hero" person to the "How the Hell Did They Get that Job?" person An invaluable and laugh-out-loud funny reference for anyone who works in an office, this guide knows that hell is other people—but real hell is other people in your office. Every day the office is becoming more and more dangerous. Hard hats are not required, however thick skin must be worn at all times. Bad behavior, rudeness, and mercenary ambition is condoned, and often celebrated. Blame is as routine as the morning coffee and the wacky cup it comes in. To survive in this world, office workers need to identify the threats and understand the behavioral traits of those around them. may be sitting at the next workstation over or chairing tomorrow's budget meeting—you may have even broken banana bread with them just this morning. All of them need to be identified and ridiculed into oblivion. They are mean, cowardly, devious, and utterly repugnant. They are inhuman resources.
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Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office
Turns the spotlight on the toxic individuals in today's workplace, from the "I Just Might Cry" person to the "I've Changed My Mind" person to the "Pretend Working-Class Hero" person to the "How the Hell Did They Get that Job?" person An invaluable and laugh-out-loud funny reference for anyone who works in an office, this guide knows that hell is other people—but real hell is other people in your office. Every day the office is becoming more and more dangerous. Hard hats are not required, however thick skin must be worn at all times. Bad behavior, rudeness, and mercenary ambition is condoned, and often celebrated. Blame is as routine as the morning coffee and the wacky cup it comes in. To survive in this world, office workers need to identify the threats and understand the behavioral traits of those around them. may be sitting at the next workstation over or chairing tomorrow's budget meeting—you may have even broken banana bread with them just this morning. All of them need to be identified and ridiculed into oblivion. They are mean, cowardly, devious, and utterly repugnant. They are inhuman resources.
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Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office

Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office

by Michael Stanford
Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office
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Inhuman Resources: A guide to the psychos, misfits and criminally incompetent in every office

by Michael Stanford

Overview

Turns the spotlight on the toxic individuals in today's workplace, from the "I Just Might Cry" person to the "I've Changed My Mind" person to the "Pretend Working-Class Hero" person to the "How the Hell Did They Get that Job?" person An invaluable and laugh-out-loud funny reference for anyone who works in an office, this guide knows that hell is other people—but real hell is other people in your office. Every day the office is becoming more and more dangerous. Hard hats are not required, however thick skin must be worn at all times. Bad behavior, rudeness, and mercenary ambition is condoned, and often celebrated. Blame is as routine as the morning coffee and the wacky cup it comes in. To survive in this world, office workers need to identify the threats and understand the behavioral traits of those around them. may be sitting at the next workstation over or chairing tomorrow's budget meeting—you may have even broken banana bread with them just this morning. All of them need to be identified and ridiculed into oblivion. They are mean, cowardly, devious, and utterly repugnant. They are inhuman resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781741767919
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 01/01/2014
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Michael Stanford entered the office environment as a glue salesman. His co-workers were too stoned to be a threat. Next, his path took him into the world of retail, where he tried to survive as a trouser specialist in the competitive world of corduroy. A year of inside legs later, he was fired by an ambitious suede manager who suggested he didn't have the guts for pants. Catering followed, then hospitality, journalism, media sales, advertising and marketing. Over the years, he was promoted and demoted, embraced and had the life squeezed out of him. He became a manager, a mentor, a boss, one of the 'core management team', and he even ran departments. In truth, they ran him. He has seen the best and worst of behaviour across industries, and across boardroom tables. He has witnessed the demise of people, the collapse of careers, and the suffering of humanity under the harsh glare of a PowerPoint screen. Now he avoids workstations, preferring noisy cafes as his workplace.
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