Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

I just received my copy today and I can’t put it down. It’s riveting. Just wanted to say that!

The author brings an important subject to life and the individual narratives are truly compelling and tell us much about the precariousness of workers across many industries and for that she deserves five stars.The book fails miserably though in its socio economic analysis of the world today. Capitalism, and in particular 'neo-liberarism' is to blame for everything that has gone wrong and to me the reality is much more nuanced and complex than the author's simple narrative that capitalism is 'evil'.For a more mature analysis of the world of work today I suggest Richard's Sennet the corrosion of character:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corrosion-Character-Personal-Consequences-Capitalism/dp/0393319873/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YZW5ATVYCFD2&dchild=1&keywords=richard+sennett+the+corrosion+of+character&qid=1614070944&sprefix=richard+sen%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1For a sociological view of the world of corporate managers I'd suggest Robert Jackall's the moral maze:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moral-Mazes-World-Corporate-Managers/dp/0199729883/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+moral+maze&qid=1614071370&sr=8-1And for a far more elaborate view of socio economic changes in the last 500 years, Charles Mann 1493https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005WJ4LO0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

Muy buen estudio sobre workismo. De lectura rápida, sin argumentos intrincados. Muchas referencias, notas y bibliografía para profundizar.

This book is unreadable because the print goes right into the binding, so you can't read it. Unfortunately I'd bought it as a gift and didn't notice this until too late to return it.

Once she started talking about “surplus value” and “exploitation” I put aside this heap of Marxist crap. She wants us to feel sorry for someone who majored in dance or theater and now can’t make ends meet. Should have expected this once I looked up the author and found out she has the “alt” look, complete with standout makeup and short hair. Marxian economics are a worthless dead end. The book has some interesting history of labor movements but offers nothing of practical value to workers nor does it explain the economics of our discontent. It’s also too long for the point it’s seeking to make.