Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific

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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific
by Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson
from Portfolio Hardcover

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Amazing book. Working example in the REAL world.
  It's not often that I have written a review for one of the books I have purchased on Amazon, but I felt compelled to write one for this book.
  This books take the old adage that everyone must work 40 hours a week and stands it on its head. Why work 40 hours a week?
  - Isn't what you get DONE during that time more important than how many hours you put in?
  - How much time do you spent WASTING time?
  - If you could work from home would you?
  - How about working from ANYWHERE?
  This... more info

• ROWE's are awesome!
  I am a recent college graduate who has been a full time employee now for 11 months. I find that my experience in my office relates in an almost uncanny way to many of the testimonials from other employees appearing in this book.
  In college I was free to complete my assignments on my own time as long as they got done by a particular deadline. I was also free to attend only the classes I felt would better help me understand, assimilate, and interact with the subject matter of those classes. When I had to... more info

• The Ideas to Help Start a Revolution at Work
  I've seen a number of reviews that say, in a nutshell, "The book doesn't tell me HOW to do this". This book was not meant to tell you how -- it was meant to get you thinking, talking, sharing and collaborating with your co-workers and management to take action in your workplace. The authors are giving you ideas; it is up to you to get the dialog flowing with co-workers and management. ROWE is not something that happens overnight, it is something that develops. ROWE is a perfect example of "bottom-up"... more info

• Very close to being a great idea
  In short, this book offers a review of how the authors instituted a meritocracy at Best Buy - no small feat, to be certain, and their accomplishments are praiseworthy. In my opinion, the book spends a little too much time restating the benefits to the employee, and only occasionally reference the flip side of the coin - what the employee is signing up for.
  It would be easy to draft a version of this same text, without the superfluous curse words and with a bit more attention to punctuation, that is... more info

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