White-collar sweatshop : the deterioration of work and its rewards in corporate America / Jill Andresky Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Jill Andresky.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White collar workers--United States.

White collar workers.

United States.

Work environment--United States.

Work environment.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [2001]

Summary:

With facts, figures, and trenchant case histories, Fraser presents a searing indictment of corporate management in the roaring '90s which has shattered the future of the white-collar worker.

Contents:

Introduction: The Best of All Possible Worlds of Work? 3

1 "The Pace Was Insane": Less Time, More Stress 17

2 "Working Three Times Harder and Earning Less": The Shrinking Paycheck and Other Squeezes 39

3 "This Is the Way of the World": The Disappearing Benefit Blanket 58

4 "They Used to Use a Ball and Chain": Technology's Impact upon the Workplace 75

5 "My Full Intention Was to Be There Forever": Sharing the Rewards of Postwar Prosperity 97

6 "Ma Is Dead": Workplace Change in the 1980s 114

7 "Raising the Bar": Why Work Now Worsens As Companies Prosper 135

8 "Like a Boulder Rolling Downhill": Declining Job Conditions, with Little Payoff 160

9 "Career-Change Opportunities": The Corporate "Spin" on the New World of Work 182

10 Conclusion: A Path Out of the White-Collar "Sweatshop"? 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index.

ISBN:

0393048292

OCLC:

44932274