Love the Work, Hate the Job
Why Americas Best Workers Are Unhappier than Ever

This book is about unions and the organized labor movement—which I wasn’t expecting at all. It uses Boeing, Kaiser, ad Microsoft (circa the early 2000s) to tell a story of the shift in how American companies view and treat their employees, and the costs—both evident and hidden—of this shift. While......more

A solid labor history of the Seattle area in the late 90s and early 2000s.......more

The author is obviously passionate about and very well-informed on his topic. However, I had to work really hard to get into the book; the larger case studies of Microsoft and Boeing labor relations finally pulled me in. Two small factual errors bugged me disproportionately (it's JOHN Goodman, not G......more

Profiling different industries in the Pacific Northwest, Kusnet breaks down two universal societal contracts between employees and employers. Unfortunately, not much has changed in the corporate world since this book came out.......more

Interesting book. The Seattle focus was unexpected (Kaiser, Boeing, Microsoft.) "Companies seem to want the finest talent, on the cheap, and employees who will contribute their energies and ideas, while being second guessed and closely controlled." p. 89.......more