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Lab Rats

Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable

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Lab Rats

By: Dan Lyons
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A hilarious and terrifying exposé of the brave new world of work, explaining why it has all gone wrong and how we can regain our dignity.

Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons.

If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy.

In this hilarious but deadly serious audiobook, best-selling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs....

With the same wit that made Disrupted an international best seller, Lyons shows how the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley has now been exported globally to a job near you. Even low-grade employees are now expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for the expanding class of middle-class serfs.

©2018 Dan Lyons (P)2018 Hachette Audio Career Success Employment Career Silicon Valley Business Capitalism
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A wonderful, insightful and thought provoking book about the reality of the tech economy and the risk we run if this culture of Ponzi scheme business planning continues. Having brushed closely with the world of VC (Vulture Capitalist), it was a sobering reminding the the cost to take this money is extreme.

Fantastic

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struggled to finish but pleased I perservered. found the book very negative at times and probably not relevant to Australia.

Struggled until chapter 10

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I really enjoyed Dan's previous book, Disrupted, and was hoping for something similar. This was somewhat similar, but a bit more sanctimonious and anecdotal.

Overall it is worth the listen as his warning certainly has some merit.

Good story, but too anecdotal

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