Company of One Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment

Name: Company of One Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment
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ISBN: 9780801477270

ISBN-10: 0801477271

ISBN-13: 9780801477270

Edition: 2011

Authors: Carrie M. Lane

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"The first time you get laid off you're like, 'Oh my God. What have I done wrong? Obviously I've done something wrong.' And it happens a couple of times for various reasons and you go, 'You know, I didn't do anything, and not only that, this is a bump in the road. Something else will pop up.' And sure enough it always does."-from A Company of One Being laid off can be a traumatic event. The unemployed worry about how they will pay their bills and find a new job. In the American economy's boom-and-bust business cycle since the 1980s, repeated layoffs have become part of working life. In A Company of One, Carrie M. Lane finds that the new culture of corporate employment, changes to the job…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Fortitude, Faith, and the Free Market



Silicon Prairie



A Company of One



The Hardest Job You'll Ever Have



Rituals of Unemployment



Man Enough to Let My Wife Support Me


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index