| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The best of all possible worlds of work? -- "The pace was insane": less time, more stress -- "Working three times harder and earning less": the shrinking paycheck and other squeezes -- "This is the way of the world": the disappearing benefit blanket -- "They used to use a ball and chain": technology's impact upon the workplace -- "My full intention was to be there forever": sharing the rewards of postwar prosperity -- "Ma is dead": workplace change in the 1980s -- "Raising the bar": why work now worsens as companies prosper -- "Like a boulder rolling downhill": declining job conditions, with little payoff -- "Career-change opportunities": the corporate "spin" on the new world of work -- Conclusion: a path out of the white-collar "sweatshop"?. |
| Subject |
White collar workers -- United States.
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Work environment -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0393048292 |
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