Download or read book The Cubicle Survival Guide written by James F. Thompson and published by Villard. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help. . . . Cubicle Life Is Killing Me! Leaving no stone unturned, no ergonomic chair unadjusted, and no leftovers in the communal fridge uneaten, this hilarious guide to cubicle life will be the salvation for the more than forty million Americans stuck in cubicles. By turns uproariously funny and enormously useful, each chapter tackles a different area of cubicle life and includes a “cube tip,” a quiz, illustrations, and examples that will have you laughing out loud. Discover • how not to disturb colleagues with unwanted sounds and smells, such as the crunch-crunch of your sour-cream-and-onion chips and the unmistakable odor of your spicy Thai shrimp • how to knock when visiting other cubicles and how to devise politically correct ways of saying “Do not disturb” • the do’s and definite don’ts of cubicle decoration • how to set up a security system that will rebuff potential thieves The Cubicle Survival Guide could very well change your life and set you climbing the corporate ladder to success!* * Results not guaranteed. Pay raises and promotions are up to your boss, but using this book couldn’t hurt. Praise for The Cubicle Survival Guide: “A spiritual air conditioner for the cubicled soul.” — Turk Regan, author of Pimp My Cubicle: Take Your Workspace from Boring to Bling! "James Thompson’s The Cubicle Survival Guide offers the rare, and definitely appreciated, combination of laugh-out-loud humor and sound advice for surviving the jungle that is Corporate America. On some days, there’s nothing more motivating to fresh air-starved cube dwellers than a book that will simply crack them up. This is that book.” — Alexandra Levit, Author, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College "If you must work (and I don't recommend it), The Cubicle Survival Guide provides a wonderful way to slack off and stay entertained. You can easily kill two weeks with this book." — Josh Aiello, Author, 60 People to Avoid at the Water Cooler “Thompson provides a humorous yet thought-provoking look at what employees in today's large organizations must deal with besides their jobs.” — Malcolm O. Munro, Author, From Cave to Cubicle
Download or read book The Cube Farm Handbook written by Melanie Lee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since they didn't offer Cubicle Etiquette 101 when you were in college and your employee handbook has no mention whatsoever on what to do if your cubicle mates are stinky, loud & obnoxious, or just plain annoying, The Cube Farm Handbook is here to help! This book provides some great pointers on how to deal with aggravating cubicle coworkers who stress you out. You will also learn how to avoid some of the pitfalls that can lead to becoming a despised cube mate. If you are unfortunate enough to be surrounded by some nutty or annoying cube mates, which you fear is causing you to lose your sanity, then you need to read this book. Not only is it a fun and informative read with lots of graphic depictions, you will find that it will serve as a companion and reference guide throughout your cube farm life. And if you have friends or family members who live a cube farm existence, do them a favor and get them a copy of this book - you will be saving their sanity and they will be forever thankful and indebted to you!
Download or read book The Bed Bug Survival Guide written by Jeff Eisenberg and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book by a leading expert on both treating and preventing bed bug infestation in your home, office, and anywhere else. The 5 year old who carried them home in his backpack that he grabbed from the communal pile at school...The young assistant who got them from her new work cubicle...the executive who got them on an overseas flight... It can no longer be denied that the city, the country and the world are in the grips of this epidemic. Jeff Eisenberg and his NYC-based company Pest Away have successfully treated more than 100,000 spaces for bed bugs over the past 15 years. He's the go-to guy for businesses, celebs, and the media--and in The Bed Bug Survival Guide he shares his best strategies, advice and tips for treating and preventing bed bug infestation once and for all. With Eisenberg's advice, readers can lower thier risk of bed bug infestation by up to 60%! Or, if they have them they can be sure they are using the right method to get rid of them. The book is divided into ten user-friendly chapters that cover everything, including: Prevention--what to do immediately, daily, weekly and monthly Travel--the 5 biggest mistakes made during hotel stays Life--avoiding bed bugs in unexpected places like the gym, the mall, the movie theater, and on airplanes Treatment--Green? Heat? Cryonite? Fumigation of furniture? Exterminators--hiring one who actually knows what to do.
Download or read book Hot in the Pot written by Sharon Weber and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By how I behave, you would think I care more about budget and schedules than people. That's not me." Barbara, project leader "It's not enough to be a solid contributor eight hours a day; work has to invade your weekends and be all encompassing." Stephanie, catalog buyer If you want to boil a frog (not that you would!), start with tepid water, where the frog will swim happily. By increasing the temperature one degree at a time, the frog will slowly adjust, but never recognize the increasing danger. Sadly, the frog will boil to death. This engaging -- and almost frightening -- analogy is Sharon Hoyle Weber's premise for Hot in the Pot. If you work in a hard-driving workplace, do you seem to check your soul at the door? Does oppressive pressure cloud your cubicle? Is everyone way too serious? Are you slowly boiling? If so, Hot in the Pot will awaken both your knowledge and senses to how the real you is boiling one degree at a time in the corporate world. Using the real-life challenges faced by a variety of corporate workers, Weber has synthesized "Twelve Principles" to help you recognize and escape the slow boil. Weber's energetic and engaging style helps you take your temperature and learn how to recover your real self at work. Use Weber's conscious balancing act to maintain your authentic, fun, and vibrant self by tossing in a few ice cubes to keep you cool!
Download or read book Excuse Me written by Rosanne Thomas and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a wealth of business etiquette in this invaluable resource book that helps prevent bad behavior in the workplace. What are the rules for business etiquette today? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? In today’s workplace, manners matter more than ever. With an increasing amount of open-plan workplaces and constant connectivity, the chances of unintentionally annoying or offending others is growing. Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides. This book untangles the nuances of: meeting etiquette, interview expectations, proper office attire, electronic manners, privacy in tight spaces, nonverbal cues, small talk, social media use, and more. In even the most diverse workplaces, good manners will create an atmosphere of respect, smoothing the way for everyone to succeed. Excuse Me explains how to begin.
Download or read book Cubicle Coffin written by M. S. Baca and published by Ignite Your Passion. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans we develop a unique personality from our early childhood to adulthood that defines our character. This personality is defined by behaviors and patterns, as well as biological and environmental factors, to name a few. We tend to either alter or transform into different personas that we feel matches our physical setting, the different people (i.e. friends, family) we associate with or even our title and position at a company. After sitting in what I call my Cubicle Coffin, I observed and analyzed many personalities /personas people tend to transform into and have assigned a character that captures their characteristics. In doing so I was able to not only identify them but also lessen their impact. After reading this survival guide you will not only be able to spot who is who but also be able to acquire the same tools needed to survive. You may even realize you are one of the characters yourself. Which character are you?
Download or read book The Corporate Whistleblower s Survival Guide written by Tom Devine and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Erin Brockovich to Enron, whistleblowers who “challenge abuses of power that betray the public trust” have proven to be an unfortunate necessity in modern business culture. Their efforts to report crimes, fraud, and dangers to public health and safety have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars of shareholder value – and had we heeded the warnings of whistleblowers, perhaps disasters such as the Bernie Madoff scandal and the Lehman Brothers meltdown could have been averted. Recent federal legislation in finance and health reform have cemented legal protections and mechanisms for whistleblowing. This book provides a thorough guide and history to the whistleblower's legal rights. The ultimate survival guide, it provides advice on getting help and finding allies, warns that retaliation is often the reward for "committing the truth" and shows how to weather the storm. With extensive legal texts, sample letters, resources, and information on upcoming whistleblower reforms, this is the ultimate source on the subject.
Download or read book Cubicle Warfare Your 9 To 5 Survival Guide written by Grace Livingston and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever sat in your cubicle and dreamt of life beyond the three cardboard walls? Been awoken by your alarm clock and had to resist the urge to throw it across the room? Had to navigate the lunchroom, the conference room, the bathroom with style and grace until 5 pm Friday finally arrived? Then this book is for you. Livingston, a former 9-to-5er, encapsulates the many charms of office life with a wit that will leave you wondering why you didn't consider leaving Corporate America before. Cause if you can't laugh about being chained to a desk 40 hours a week for 40 years of your life, what can you laugh about?
Download or read book Software Project Survival Guide written by Steve McConnell and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to be sure your first important project isnþt your last.
Download or read book Cubicle To Corner Office written by Mike Halpert and published by Windmill Books(CA). This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for those stepping into their first job, internship, or striving to navigate the intricate maze of corporate culture in the US. A bridge between the academic realm and the real world of the nuanced corporate ecosystem.
Download or read book Shoot the Puppy written by Tony Thorne and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a bobo or a wombat? Are you tempted by infobia or to kick dead whales up the beach? If your answer to any of these questions is 'What are you talking about?', then you definitely need a copy of Shoot the Puppy. Amusing, informative and newly updated for 2007, it guides the reader through the ever-growing heap of contemporary jargon from around the English-speaking world, showing where it comes from, what it means, and what it tells us about our contemporary world.
Download or read book Cubicle Warfare written by Blaine Lee Pardoe and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spying on your co-workers, sleeping your way to the top, backstabbing, brownnosing, sabotage—all seem to be fair in today?s supercompetitive workplace. So don?t get mad—get ready! This book is your survival guide for today?s corporate reality. Be prepared, or be prepared to become a casualty. Cubicle Warfare: • Maps out the field of battle in your office • Helps you review your own strengths and weaknesses and those of your opponents • Details every low-down, sleazy tactic and how to defend yourself against them all • Identifies the types of cubicle warriors you?ll find in every office and equips you to deal with them • Profiles the seven personality types found in every office—the Aggressors, Survivalists, Career Politicians, and others • And much, much more! Cubicle Warfare is the book your colleagues don?t want you to read. It?s your best defensive for survival in the office wars—and your best offensive strategy for achieving your goals.
Download or read book The Cubicle written by SURESH KUMAR. and published by Frog in Well. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'The Cubicle' is about the aspiration of a writer, to write about life (or the lack of it) in the IT industry. Weighing the options, he decides to join an IT company to write about it. With fake experience, he manages to do so. Within months at work, he gets a long term onsite opportunity, which he desperately avoids strategically. He even gets politically entangled, not in the office politics - which is obvious anyways - but in Indian politics. He excels in his career and even completes the book, until he falls in a dilemma over a career making decision. Someone with no prior IT experience survives and excels in a top IT company? I must be kidding. Or this has to be the best super hero story? Or the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'fiction' written ever? Or a book full of lies starting from this synopsis? Or this synopsis is a typo error, really big time? It isn't that tough, if you know the shortcuts inside 'the cubicle'. The Cubicle is a fictional non-fictional satire. The fictional elements are added to the book to make you believe the 'unbelievable(s)'; with a very thin line of story woven around. Sarcasm and Humour are intended - Laughter will be asking for too much, but smile(s), and tips and tricks to make your career better than what it is now, guaranteed. NOT an autobiography. "
Download or read book The Virtual Office Survival Handbook written by Alice Bredin and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-04-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're working at home, on the road, or in any othernontraditional work arrangement, here's what you'll need to set up,survive, and thrive in the virtual office. Alice Bredin, theleading authority on the virtual office, gives you expert adviceon: * Getting there--choosing the right business idea, negotiating fortelecommuting, and selling your family on your new workstyle * Organizing yourself--structuring your environment, setting up avirtual office in your home or car, dealing with a satellite officesituation, choosing and finding the best technology * Maintaining your virtual office--staying in the loop when you'renot in an office, keeping in touch when you're on the road,generating business, finding free publicity, adopting the habits ofhighly successful virtual office workers, maintaining contact withthe office or customers, communicating effectively via technology * Surviving--creating and maintaining work/life balance, working athome with kids, avoiding overwork, making sure your accomplishmentsare recognized, learning to take vacations, staying away from thefridge, being a good boss to yourself Whether you are contemplating this new work arrangement, activelyin transition, or firmly entrenched in this workplace revolution,this comprehensive guide is your key to success in your new workingenvironment.
Download or read book The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Work written by David Borgenicht and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is bad enough, but what if things go really wrong? The Worst-Case Scenario authors come to the rescue with expert advice for surviving dozens of nightmare on-the-job scenarios, whether in the office or on the loading dock. From savage bike messengers to a bag of pretzels stuck in the lunchroom vending machine, peril is everywhere. Learn how to sneak out of a meeting, treat a deep-fryer burn, and survive a stockroom avalanche. Expertly remove a dent from the company car, extract a tie caught in the photocopier, and survive a workplace romance. Hands-on, step-by-step instructions guide you through these and other crises that can strike between 9 and 5, or on the swing shift. With an appendix of useful interview phrases, a career-path decoder, instructions for playing Jargon Bingo, and more, this is the one desk reference you can't live without.
Download or read book The No Asshole Rule written by Robert I. Sutton and published by Business Plus. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to working with -- and surviving -- bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, egomaniacs, and all the other assholes who do their best to destroy you at work. "What an asshole!" How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers: Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good Illuminating case histories from major organizations A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.
Download or read book Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It written by Jody Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change the way you think about work (and life) by focusing on results—and only results Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It shows how the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) mindset can make you or your organization more entrepreneurial, more connected with the broader trends in your industry, and more willing to take smart risks. It explains how to set clear expectations and focus on the endpoint as opposed to managing the process that gets you there. With eyes set on getting rid of distractions, long meetings, and unnecessary updates, this book offers quick, everyday strategies to experience huge increases in productivity (without adding resources) and dramatic drops in turnover. Authors Ressler and Thompson began their work together at Best Buy where they are credited with revolutionizing the workplace Reframes thinking away from counting on general availability (Where's Bob?) to creating clear expectations (Does Bob know exactly what's expected of him?) Explains how to reduce the number of meetings while increasing their quality Shows how to eliminate scheduled events in order to increase critical thinking and improve communication ROWE is a bold, cultural transformation that permeates the attitudes and operating style of an entire workplace, leveling the playing field and giving people complete autonomy—to manage their measurable results using adult common sense.
