Hello Laziness!: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay

by Corinne Maier

Hardcover, 2005

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The runaway surprise bestseller and tongue-in-cheek call to arms for office-workers the world over to do less if they want to achieve more 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, BONJOUR LAZINESS is as inspirational as it is enlightening. Covering subjects ranging from getting promoted, to managing in meetings and dealing with colleagues, BONJOUR 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. BONJOUR LAZINESS will make you laugh, then make you wish you'd known all of this years ago!… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member steve_d27
This book reads like it is written, by someone from the top. It is very funny but not always applicable to the average worker. The philosophy of management being exposed was good to understand. I work in I.T. and can relate to a lot.
LibraryThing member maemaemae
This book is really not that good. The author makes half-interesting points then flits away from them with no real analysis or investigation. It's Chicken Soup for the Marxist.
LibraryThing member fist
Sure, Corinne Maier has a point in that the power balance between company and employees has tilted towards the company, and her book is meant as a provocation, not as a scientific breakthrough. Knowing that, I was still disappointed. The author hides between a flippant intellectual pose, which
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actually hides her ignorance about business economics. Statements such as "a Quality Control manager is a totally superfluous position" or "we give people English job titles because they don't know what it means" betray a very narrow viewpoint and an unwillingness to understand economic realities. The inconsistencies are blatant, eg when she herself admits being fond of using difficult French words which colleagues won't understand. Nice attempt at provocation, but the faux-intellectual snobbery quickly became a bore.
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