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August 24, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/08/24/news.html#retro6
Great Writing interviewhttp://www.greatwriting.co.uk/content/view/1038/
August 8, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/08/08/news.html#girlyman
October 16, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/10/16/news.html#theywantyou
October 8, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/10/08/news.html#firstreviews
“What’s not fair is that our society rewards selfishness. That’s not fair.”
Quelle: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 5, “Wal-Mart” (p. 18)
“Nobody gives a crap about ethics. That’s why people like me will always be successful.”
Quelle: Company (2006), p. 335
Holly looks at him blankly. Freddy says, “Jones…you’re still new here People suggest ways to improve the company every day. Their ideas go into the suggestion box in the cafeteria—where the cafeteria was, I mean—and they’re never heard from again, except during all-staff meetings when Senior Management picks out the most useless one and announces a cross-functional team to look into it. A year or two later, when everyone’s forgotten about it, we get an e-mail announcing the implementation of something that bears no resemblance to the initial idea and usually has the opposite effect, and in the annual reports this is used as evidence that the company listens and reacts to its workers. That’s what happens when you try to make Zephyr a better place to work.”
Q4/2: November, pp. 208-209
Company (2006)
“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”
Quelle: Company (2006), p. 112
