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Joy of Work Audiobook Summary

“I cried because I did not have an office with a door, until I met a man who had no cubicle.” – Dilbert

“After your boss has taken away your door, your walls, and your storage areas, there aren’t many options left for the next revolution in office design. One of the following things is likely to go next: the floor; the ceiling; your happiness.

I think the floor will stay, but only because your company would have to dig a huge hole all the way to the other side of the earth to get rid of it. As you can imagine, a huge hole through the earth would represent a serious threat to office productivity.”

From The Joy of Work by Scott Adams

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Joy of Work Audiobook Narrator

Scott Adams is the narrator of Joy of Work audiobook that was written by Scott Adams

Scott Adams is the creator of Dilbert, the comic strip that now appears in 1,550 newspapers worldwide. His first two hardcover business books, The Dilbert Principle and Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook, have sold more than two million copies and have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for a combined total of sixty weeks.

About the Author(s) of Joy of Work

Scott Adams is the author of Joy of Work

Joy of Work Full Details

Narrator Scott Adams
Length 1 hours 19 minutes
Author Scott Adams
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date November 22, 2005
ISBN 9780060898007

Subjects

The publisher of the Joy of Work is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Business & Economics, Management

Additional info

The publisher of the Joy of Work is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780060898007.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Sandeep

November 15, 2017

Hahahahahahah Hahahahahahahah Hahahahahahahah

Katy

July 07, 2013

Scott Adams autographed my copy. He drew a Dogbert on the title page. Love it!

Alessandro

December 01, 2013

divertente... ed incredibilmente vero! Spassosissimo lo scherzo organizzato (nella realtà) alla Logitech.

Indah Threez

April 15, 2020

269 - 2020

Sharakael

February 11, 2010

This was an aweomse book. Highly entertaining and enjoyable at the same time, and the more you hate your job/workplace, the more glee you can take out of this book.One of the best part of this book is the pranks; it gives you varying ideas of workplace pranks that you'd feel it a pity if you don't at least use/execute 1. But then again, you can always pick a few and execute them when it's your last day at work, and pick the more elaborate ones when it's your last day before retirement. For me, I'm yet to find someone in my workplace I dislike enough to prank, so I'll save them for future use.It's written in such a way that sometime I wondered if the writer had even wanted to actually write the book or if an editor was standing behind him with a flamethrower... and then I remembered that this was the guy who wrote Dilbert, so the way the book sounded like it was written by (a charitable) Wally was a bonus.Needless to say, if you're part of the upper management echelon you should not be reading this book, as to leave us peons with some joy thinking that you don't know the things we do behind your back. Probably.

J.

November 28, 2010

I first picked up this book hoping for a humorous view of the alpha-male, "baboon" society so prevalent in human political organizations (like corporations). In his trademark style, Scott Adams came through. From the very beginning, he had me rolling on the floor laughing, and I believe he even used the word "baboon" once or twice. But toward the last third of the book, he really began to shine, as he began to explain, in an ironic twist, how to stimulate your creativity, how to write funny jokes, and how to deal with critics. As the first part of the book, these latter sections were laced with healthy amounts of exaggeration and sarcasm. But a writer myself, I saw much sober, informative, encouraging truth within.

Ed

December 10, 2009

A great guide to finding humour at work, even if it's not the sort of thing you're actually going to try yourself. Peppered with appropriate Dilbert strips and with a sprinkling of real-life anecdotes, Adams provides a wondersouly amusing look at office life that can't help but make any white-collar worker smile throughout.

Amanda

December 30, 2008

Scott Adams brings us a collection of the much beloved Dilbert shorts, fused with his experiences, musings and observations of a typical office. Although slightly americo-centric, Adams delights with the universal language of the workplace and provides us with a cornicopia of amusing advice I'd advise not to follow if you value your job!

Nilesh

July 29, 2011

Even on the second read, this remains one of my favourite Dilbert's books. After reading the comic for a decade, there is not much novelty that I found on the first read but still a lot of laughs. Hopefully, will read again after another decade of memory loss!

Choonghwan

March 13, 2017

It is sheer pleasure to encounter a book enlightening as well as entertaining, debunking all the nonsense in the process. Ever since I first had read his first book, I became a great fan. Scott Adams will be remembered as one of the greatest business gurus of all time. I bet.

Nicole

May 17, 2016

This book was exactly what I expected it to be. If you're a fan of other Dilbert works, I'm sure you'll enjoy this. It was fairly easy to read, with quite a few comics and other inserts to break up the text. The same cynical humor is present.

Celeste

June 28, 2012

I loved this. It was funny because it was true. Adams captures how every office worker feels and shed some humour on it. I have tried some of the techniques myself which was not as much appreciated by my boss and coworkers.

Charisma

January 26, 2013

Reading this book help me survived all my bad days at the office that was 9 yrs back just hope Mr. Scott Adams would write comic like guide for stay home MOM.

Gerard

June 14, 2013

My favourite Dilbert book (and also my first time reading a book of Scott Adams which wasn't a comic strip). Highly recommended.

Meghan

March 07, 2016

Get the most out of your current (0r future) office life. Timeless pranks, annoyances, and more.

Jay

September 29, 2010

Very funny, yet with real insights about people and humor underneath. I didn't mean to reread this book... I just was flipping through it and ended up reading the whole thing again.

Upvan

November 19, 2015

Real good treat for everyone working in corporate, totally relates to every office in IT world

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