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mjmullady's review
3.0
This book spends most of its time being extremely honest and somewhat depressing. But it’s also not a ton of new information. At least if you really either work or pay attention to the working world.
The book does a good job of focusing on the fact that employee health and organizations unhealthy practices are a global problem and not only related to the US. Some how not surprising that China is a clear country of concern as well.
The bright lights used as examples are also sadly a small and consistent t list of company names that most likely we’ve read about before as well. This speaks to the battle we all face when trying to battle toxic work environments and our own approach to staying healthy.
The biggest and obvious issue and the book talks to this but also offers very general fixes is the fact that especially in the US helping to solve this issue requires organizational focus beyond profits, or I should say how employee health (mental and physical) actually is something that could improve a company’s position rather than just an operational number to manage via layoffs and cost cutting.
Second is governmental policy which means realizing how harmful employer focused health insurance is as the main source for people and how work hours and basic income impact everything. Sadly not sure I have a ton of faith this will change in the short/medium term.
Merged review:
This book spends most of its time being extremely honest and somewhat depressing. But it’s also not a ton of new information. At least if you really either work or pay attention to the working world.
The book does a good job of focusing on the fact that employee health and organizations unhealthy practices are a global problem and not only related to the US. Some how not surprising that China is a clear country of concern as well.
The bright lights used as examples are also sadly a small and consistent t list of company names that most likely we’ve read about before as well. This speaks to the battle we all face when trying to battle toxic work environments and our own approach to staying healthy.
The biggest and obvious issue and the book talks to this but also offers very general fixes is the fact that especially in the US helping to solve this issue requires organizational focus beyond profits, or I should say how employee health (mental and physical) actually is something that could improve a company’s position rather than just an operational number to manage via layoffs and cost cutting.
Second is governmental policy which means realizing how harmful employer focused health insurance is as the main source for people and how work hours and basic income impact everything. Sadly not sure I have a ton of faith this will change in the short/medium term.
The book does a good job of focusing on the fact that employee health and organizations unhealthy practices are a global problem and not only related to the US. Some how not surprising that China is a clear country of concern as well.
The bright lights used as examples are also sadly a small and consistent t list of company names that most likely we’ve read about before as well. This speaks to the battle we all face when trying to battle toxic work environments and our own approach to staying healthy.
The biggest and obvious issue and the book talks to this but also offers very general fixes is the fact that especially in the US helping to solve this issue requires organizational focus beyond profits, or I should say how employee health (mental and physical) actually is something that could improve a company’s position rather than just an operational number to manage via layoffs and cost cutting.
Second is governmental policy which means realizing how harmful employer focused health insurance is as the main source for people and how work hours and basic income impact everything. Sadly not sure I have a ton of faith this will change in the short/medium term.
Merged review:
This book spends most of its time being extremely honest and somewhat depressing. But it’s also not a ton of new information. At least if you really either work or pay attention to the working world.
The book does a good job of focusing on the fact that employee health and organizations unhealthy practices are a global problem and not only related to the US. Some how not surprising that China is a clear country of concern as well.
The bright lights used as examples are also sadly a small and consistent t list of company names that most likely we’ve read about before as well. This speaks to the battle we all face when trying to battle toxic work environments and our own approach to staying healthy.
The biggest and obvious issue and the book talks to this but also offers very general fixes is the fact that especially in the US helping to solve this issue requires organizational focus beyond profits, or I should say how employee health (mental and physical) actually is something that could improve a company’s position rather than just an operational number to manage via layoffs and cost cutting.
Second is governmental policy which means realizing how harmful employer focused health insurance is as the main source for people and how work hours and basic income impact everything. Sadly not sure I have a ton of faith this will change in the short/medium term.
nickgoe's review
4.0
This book does a great job of discussing economic realities of our current job market. It discusses how the excessive stress of jobs leads to health problems, both physical and mental. How the poor pay that people receive contributes to stress in and out of the workplace. How tying health insurance to jobs hurts the economy by keeping people in jobs they don't care about, reducing productivity. How single payer insurance as well as the concept of finding a way for private industry to internalize the cost of poor employee treatment could drastically help reduce deaths in the country.
If you've ever thought that things need to change or are interested in how we could do things differently to give people their humanity back, this is a book you should read!
If you've ever thought that things need to change or are interested in how we could do things differently to give people their humanity back, this is a book you should read!
michaelclorah's review against another edition
3.0
Lotsa good information in this book, but boy, it is drier than the Sahara to actually read.
chazzerguy's review
2.0
Interesting premise and well researched... But it's dull and dry reading... Like a textbook. Just not my thing.
thaydra's review against another edition
This is one that falls into my "did not finish" category. The premise is interesting, but I felt like there was a lot of needless repetition, statistics given over and over again that didn't really do much for me, and not very much actual "meat" to what I read. There were some great passages that I highlighted, but overall it just couldn't hold my interest. I'll go back to it again sometime later maybe. I might try the audio version if there is one available in the future.
vladco's review against another edition
3.0
Strong book. Wasted a bit of time showing all of its work (in a very academic way). I got impatient with it -- I was like, "I get it, layoffs are very unhealthy. Layoffs kill people. Get on with the rest of your point!" on a few occasions. But overall, I think the thoroughness is necessary, because the book is suggesting that we rethink the culture and policies that surround how corporations relate to labor. Also, the examples given in the book were shallow and common; I wish there could have been deeper case studies on companies that do this well and right, and not just the usual suspects.
martialalex's review against another edition
3.0
A little overly academic but brought in a fairly novel argument about the similarity between workplace safety laws and health impacts of workplaces