A Job Ain't Nothing but Work

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Summary: A Terrific Lighter Side of Work
Review: "A Job Ain't Nothing But Work," is the written, laughing national anthem for work. The author, Emanuel Carpenter, does a great job of poking fun at the real side of working in the New Millenium. His take on humor will have you cracking up. As a retired military man, who is looking for a job, it was great relief and I could definitely identify with the various circumstances and situations presented in this book. The author is on the money about the perils of working: from explaining the desire or lack of desire to get off your butt and look for a job to dealing with the dynamic personalities and situations within the job place. His transitions are smooth, timely and very laughable. Trust me, you will be able to identify with the author's views and he will leave you with a smile on your face.

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Summary: Perfect Timing
Review: During a time when unemployment is high and morale is low, Emanuel Carpenter's new book is quite apropos. He covers those moments most office workers have dreaded with both a keen eye and great humor-- the bathroom, office gatherings, and arriving to work late. While much of his advice is to be taken tongue-in-cheek, the main suggetion we should all keep in mind, whether looking for work or looking to get out of it, is that a job ain't nothing but work.

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Summary: A Job Ain't Nothing But Work
Review: Emanuel Carpenter's book, "A Job Ain't Nothing But Work is a light-hearted and inspired stroke of genuis that takes a look at the convoluted rigmarole of trying to climb the corporate ladder without really trying. The book is a must for corporate stuffed shirts who take themselves too seriously. It is almost a therapuetic bandaid to all of one's problems. I know - I almost popped a rib laughing at the comic timing of all the situations presented in Emanuel Carpenter's humorous take on all aspects of getting a job, keeping a job and adjusting to the mind-numbing parade of characters and psychos that one spends the better part of their days with, called co-workers and bosses. Emmanuel Capenter displayed his comic good timing and his writing dextrity by executing a perfect foil for stress- "A Job Ain't Nothing But Work."

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Summary: This Book Is Great!!!
Review: Funny, funny book. Wow, you can even use this book to pyscho-analyze your fellow employees. I found all of my co-workers in this book, 'the micromanager, 'the stalker', 'the former used car salesman type', just to name a few! Included in the book, also, are tips on how to handle such employees. This book is fun and packed full of information. I never did 'get' corporate behavior and it's "dos and don'ts", but it's all spelled out for you here in this book and I found out that it's not just me. Corporate politics really are ridiculous! Great book, the author really tells it like it is. There's a rumor that Office Space 2 will be based from this book.

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Summary: This Book Is Great!!!
Review: Funny, funny book. Wow, you can even use this book to pyscho-analyze your fellow employees. I found all of my co-workers in this book, 'the micromanager, 'the stalker', 'the former used car salesman type', just to name a few! Included in the book, also, are tips on how to handle such employees. This book is fun and packed full of information. I never did 'get' corporate behavior and it's "dos and don'ts", but it's all spelled out for you here in this book and I found out that it's not just me. Corporate politics really are ridiculous! Great book, the author really tells it like it is. There's a rumor that Office Space 2 will be based from this book.

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Summary: THREE GUT BUSTING LAUGHS ON EVERY PAGE
Review: I enjoyed this book so much. Anyone who works in the corporate world will break out into side splitting laughter while reading this testimony of office "politricks". Not only is this book well written, insightful, and clever, it also manages to slip in more than a few tips on how to survive the job market jungle.

Note: Chapter 2 is beyond funny!!!

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Summary: THREE GUT BUSTING LAUGHS ON EVERY PAGE
Review: I enjoyed this book so much. Anyone who works in the corporate world will break out into side splitting laughter while reading this testimony of office "politricks". Not only is this book well written, insightful, and clever, it also manages to slip in more than a few tips on how to survive the job market jungle.

Note: Chapter 2 is beyond funny!!!

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Summary: A Black Man's "Office Space"
Review: This is the kind of book that could be made into an ethnic man's cinematic version of the cult classic, "Office Space". Emanuel Carpenter is a black man offering his candid perspective on the occupational hazards of, well occupations. The book is a series of frank insights wrapped in a cloak of humor. His experiences with a lifetime of seeking and gaining employment have provided him with valuable information he passes on to the next generation. He takes the grandiose ego of managers and supervisors down a peg or two; to him they are elevated employees who believe themselves to be way more important than they are. Tales of bizarre interviews and the interviewers who conducted them are recalled as a series of off the wall methods of finding the "right" person for the job. His tales of co-workers and their world do not focus much on race, but on the sheer weirdness of human nature in the corporate world. I found the constant trademark symbols (™) whenever he mentioned cars, fast food brands, office machines, and the like a bit distracting. Mr. Carpenter could have done it on purpose, in which case it added to the insanity of our label-intensive world. I would recommend this book especially for high school and college students about to embark on the corporate world.