Bait And Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
A sharp, investigative account of the erosion of middle-class job security that follows a well-educated professional who goes undercover as a job-seeker to expose how corporations, temp agencies, headhunters, and career-consulting firms have commodified white-collar labor; through first-person reporting and research the book shows how layoff culture, contingent work, and a market for self-improvement shift blame onto individuals while employers offload risk, leaving many skilled workers trapped in precarious, low-paid, and demeaning positions.
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- Published
- 2005
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- American
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- English
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