NetSlaves: true tales of working the web
"Net Slaves offers eyewitness accounts of how self-destructive the Internet business can be. Going beyond IPO hype and Wired futurism, this book is a humorous, and not-so-humorous, collection of stories that document the grueling hours, poor management, chronic back-stabbing, finger pointing, a...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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London
2001
McGraw-Hill |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19201096124910292789-NetSlaves-true-tales-of-workin.htm |
| Summary: | "Net Slaves offers eyewitness accounts of how self-destructive the Internet business can be. Going beyond IPO hype and Wired futurism, this book is a humorous, and not-so-humorous, collection of stories that document the grueling hours, poor management, chronic back-stabbing, finger pointing, and wild speculation that have become standard in an industry with no real rules. The book is based upon net slaves.com, which Entertainment Weekly said, "has the potential to become the official voice of disenfranchised code monkeys," and Wired site as "the only site where the 'web working poor' can air their feelings." Net Slaves shares the real-life stories of those who work the Web, in their own words, combined with anecdotes about what happens to people who push themselves for too long on "Internet time." Through this book, anyone overwhelming, and slightly schizophrenic work philosophy that is unique to the Net." |
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| Physical Description: | 246 p. Paper |