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Company

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by Max Barry
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2007
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When is physical violence an appropriate response to management policy? Why is that one reserved parking space always empty? And when does helping yourself to an extra doughnut at morning tea become a criminal act?At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The floors are numbered in reverse, the Mission Statement could mean almost anything, and the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but appears to do no work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his doughnut.In other words, it's a typical big company. Or at least, that's what everyone thinks, until fresh-faced employee Jones - too new to understand you just don't ask some questions - starts investigating. Soon Jones uncovers the company's secret- the answer to everything, what Zephyr Holdings really does, and why every manager carries a copy of the Omega Management System. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality - and whether he can get out again. Now that's a good question. In the tradition of William Gibson, Joseph Heller, and Douglas Coupland, Company is a biting, incisive, and delightful satire of corporate culture.
ISBN:
9781921215643
9781921215643
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2007
Publisher:
Scribe Publications
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
208x137x25mm
Weight:
0.37kg
Max Barry

Max Barry is the author of numerous novels, including Jennifer Government, Company, Machine Man, and Lexicon. He is also the developer of the online nation simulation game NationStates. Prior to his writing career, Barry worked at tech giant HP. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two daughters.

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Company by Max Barry is a corporate satire and the bureaucracy and trifling issues that can crop up in this type of environment are highlighted with precision. If you like watching The Office then this book will not disappoint.

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