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New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons exposes how the new oligarchs of Silicon Valley have turned technology into a tool for oppressing workers in this passionate (Kirkus) and darkly funny (Publishers Weekly) examination of workplace culture.
At a time of soaring corporate profits and plenty of HR lip service about wellness, millions of workers--in virtually every industry -- are deeply unhappy. Why did work become so miserable? Who is responsible? And does any company have a model for doing it right?
For two years, Lyons ventured in search of answers. From the innovation-crazed headquarters of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, to a cult-like Holocracy workshop in San Francisco, and to corporate trainers who specialize in . . . Legos, Lyons immersed himself in the often half-baked and frequently lucrative world of what passes for management science today. He shows how new tools, workplace practices, and business models championed by tech's empathy-impaired power brokers have shattered the social contract that once existed between companies and their employees. These dystopian beliefs--often masked by pithy slogans like We're a Team, Not a Family -- have dire consequences: millions of workers who are subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies -- even health risks.
A few companies, however, get it right. With Lab Rats, Lyons makes a passionate plea for business leaders to understand this dangerous transformation, showing how profit and happy employees can indeed coexist.
ISBN | 9780316561877 |
Categories | BBWO, Business & management, Business and Economics, NBBWK2, New Arrivals BBW 2 2, NEW KL 22, Non-Fiction |
Author(s) | Dan Lyons |
Publisher | Hachette Books |
Weight | 0.272 kg |