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Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.

Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for t...

Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.

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Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.

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Full title

Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.

Publisher

New York : Hachette Books, 2018.

Call Numbers

G 2018/6731

Record Identifier

74VKVQBkLdwX

MMS ID

991024199703702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

viii, 259 pages ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Welcome to your new job -- Introduction: Make a duck -- Misery in the maze. Unhappy in paradise ; The new oligarchs ; A very brief history of management science (and why you shouldn't trust it) ; Who's afraid of Silicon Valley -- Four factors of workplace despair. Building the workforce of the futur...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Hachette Books, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2018.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its "new oligarchs" have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies, and even health risks, and discusses how to restore the social contract between employers and employees.

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Full title

Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/6731

Record Identifier

74VKVQBkLdwX

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQBkLdwX

Other Identifiers

ISBN

031656186X (hardback)

9780316561860 (hardback)

DDC

658.3

MMS ID

991024199703702626

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