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The good enough job : reclaiming life from work / Simone Stolzoff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York, New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]Description: xxv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593538968
  • 059353896X
Subject(s):
Contents:
For what it's worth -- The religion of workism -- The love of labor -- Lose yourself -- Working relationships -- Off the clock -- Work hard, go home -- The status game -- A world with less work.
Summary: "Through provocative critique and deep reporting, Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs. By exposing the lies we--and our employers--tell about the value of our labor, The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 306.36 S876 Available 33111011069636
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.36 S876 Available 33111011298755
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 306.36 S876 Available 33111009478492
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Superb."--Oliver Burkeman

A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.

From the moment we ask children what they want to "be" when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life's ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success.

In The Good Enough Job , journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans' lives--and why we find it so difficult to let go. Based on groundbreaking reporting and interviews with Michelin star chefs, Wall Street bankers, overwhelmed teachers and other workers across the American economy, Stolzoff exposes what we lose when we expect work to be more than a job. Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream, he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives. What does it mean for a job to be good enough?

Through provocative critique and deep reporting, Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs. By exposing the lies we--and our employers--tell about the value of our labor, The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work.

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.

For what it's worth -- The religion of workism -- The love of labor -- Lose yourself -- Working relationships -- Off the clock -- Work hard, go home -- The status game -- A world with less work.

"Through provocative critique and deep reporting, Stolzoff punctures the myths that keep us chained to our jobs. By exposing the lies we--and our employers--tell about the value of our labor, The Good Enough Job makes the urgent case for reclaiming our lives in a world centered around work"-- Provided by publisher.

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