Lab Rats

Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons.If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious audiobook, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs ...With the same wit that made Disrupted an international bestseller, Lyons shows how the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley has now been exported globally to a job near you. Even low-grade employees are now expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate, while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for the expanding class of middle-class serfs.

'[Lyons] argues persuasively ... A passionate indictment of brutal workplace culture.' -- Kirkus Reviews
'[A] darkly funny journalistic look at the contemporary workplace ... By turns sardonic and impassioned, this is an insightful and frequently entertaining guide to the increasingly bizarre world of Silicon Valley and the trends it spawns.' -- Publishers Weekly, starred

Dan Lyons is the New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble. Previously, he was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the Emmy-winning HBO series Silicon Valley, an editor at Newsweek and creator of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Lyons has written for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vanity Fair and Wired, and has spoken at Google, Microsoft, Adobe and conferences around the world. He lives in Winchester, Massachusetts. Dan Lyons is the New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble. Previously, he was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the Emmy-winning HBO series Silicon Valley, an editor at Newsweek and creator of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Lyons has written for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vanity Fair and Wired, and has spoken at Google, Microsoft, Adobe and conferences around the world. He lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.

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