From 5594e256591b752997d169cf551722ac8b38df27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:28:11 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Book review: Employees Gone Wild --- content/reviews/books/employees-gone-wild.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/employees-gone-wild.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/employees-gone-wild.md b/content/reviews/books/employees-gone-wild.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5ba1a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/employees-gone-wild.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ ++++ +title = "Employees Gone Wild: Crazy (and True!) Stories of Office Misbehavior, and What You Can Learn From the Mistakes of Others - Richard Burton" +date = 2020-01-26 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["books", "reviews", "fun", "richard burton"] ++++ + +[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23130072-employees-gone-wild): +Richard Burton has tales you won’t believe actually happened over his decades +spent as the attorney hired by companies to protect them when their employees +act out. Employees Gone Wild collects some of the most outrageous and +absolutely-true stories (names changed to protect the guilty of course) from +Burton’s years on the job, along with his indispensable practical advice on +how companies and the people that work for them can avoid the same pitfalls. + + + +{{ stars(stars=3) }} + +Strange office stories happen everywhere, being passed along from generation +to generation of new employees by old sages. + +And this book captures the stories of one of those sages. + +Some of the stories are funny, some are really weird, but all of them have +some points in case you get caught in a similar situation, by someone who has +some ideas about labor law and works for HR (the author mentions that he is, +actually, a labor lawyer, but since there is a disclaimer that you shouldn't +take the suggestions as facts, I'm downplaying the position a bit). This means +that every freaky story have some pointers on what one shouldn't do and what +management should do in case something like that should happen. + +The last chapter is a downer, though. Instead of funny/freaky, the stories are +mostly discrimination and the tone gets really serious -- with reason. + +Still, it's kinda interesting seeing that your office is not the only weird +one