White-Collar Sweatshop The Deterioration of Work and Its Rewards in Corporate America

Name: White-Collar Sweatshop The Deterioration of Work and Its Rewards in Corporate America
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ISBN: 9780393323207

ISBN-10: 039332320X

ISBN-13: 9780393323207

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jill Andresky Fraser

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Jill Andresky Fraser has spent twenty-five years studying the subject of her book, "White Collar Sweatshop." She lives in New York City.



Acknowledgments


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"?


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