Picture the scene: The boardroom at French electricity giant EdF. The subject: 'Motivation'. One of the senior economists piped up: She came to work, she declared, because she was paid to. The stunned silence lasted a full 15 seconds. The woman was Corinne Maier and she had dared to voice the unspeakable - we go to work not because we love it, not because we love organising childcare, and cramming on the Tube for 45 minutes, but because we have to. This sets the tone for Maier's revolutionary book on getting away with doing as little as possible at work. Full of practical tips as well as insights into the workings of the modern company, HELLO LAZINESS is as inspirational as it is enlightening. Covering subjects ranging from getting promoted, to managing in meetings and dealing with colleagues, HELLO LAZINESS is a witty antidote to the rash of American motivational books on the market. It is a call to the office-workers of the world to rise up and throw their laptops and mission statements in the air. HELLO LAZINESS will make you laugh, then make you wish you'd known all of this years ago.
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'Enjoyably ill-tempered...The tone throughout is perkily cynical' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'This clever manifesto is the smark slacker's guide to getting ahead' VOYAGER (BMI) 'Corinne Maier's French bestseller says its OK to be crap at your job, for it's the idle who succeed. Hooray!' METRO 'This witty slackers' guide will tell you all you need to know about how to do zero - and get away with it!' OK! 'This is not just a book about the hollowness of business culture. It's also about where we are at in society. Read this book and laugh, preferably on company time!' IRISH EXAMINER 'Short, ferocious and richly entertaining...An excellent and salutary read' EUROPEAN BUSINESS 'Full of hilarious passages and dark insights into the way people in large institutions can end up caring for nothing other than their own survival' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Corinne Maier is an economist and author who has worked for years at Electricite de France (EdF). Shortly after the publication of this book in France, Maier was due to be disciplined by her employers for disloyalty to the company and for reading a newspaper during a meeting. However, they have since abandoned disciplinary action. For the moment, Maier continues to work part-time at EdF and to follow her own recipe of how to work as little as possible. The remainder of her time is dedicated to writing and to psychoanalysis.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very funny and too true - very disengaging,
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This review is from: Hello Laziness! (Hardcover)
I ordered 3 copies of this book for friends at work - we are now completely disengaged - finding it very hard to put any effort into work. It is a very good read and very funny. Surprising that a French woman's experience of working in a large corporation in France is so similar to mine in this country. It opens your eyes and reinforces what you already know about politics in a big company. As I pass the copies around the office, it is like a cancer that is spreading - not sure what the engagement score of the department will be by the time everyone has read it!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining..,
By Noor-Allah Noorani (Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hello Laziness! (Hardcover)
This book was originally published in French, and as such, a bit of the context has persisted. However, there's a lot to be learnt from in this book about surviving in a large organization. The word play is excellent. Very enjoyable -- a fun read!
4 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Short, Mildly Entertaining & Anti-American,
By Amazon Todd (LA, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hello Laziness! (Hardcover)
I purchased this book in a airport bookstore primarily due to a lack of good books to choose from. This particular book looked like a humorous quick read, which it was. Actually, it read too fast (took me under 1 hour) and took constant jabs at American business and culture. Written by a French author, I wasn't surprised by the blatant anti-Americanism, and I would guess her cynicism towards business culture will be received the wrong way by many readers in France, where this book has already sold 300,000+ copies. In fairness to the author, she did also poke fun at French laziness and their long time high unemployment rate. I think most Americans who read this book would get a good laugh from this humor, but I seriously wonder how many French will take this advice seriously? If you can get your hands on a free copy, it's worth at least reading a chapter or two, but I wouldn't spend any money on it.
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