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129 x 181 x 20mm
From best-selling humourist and business guru Stanley Bing, an indispensable guide for the contemporary working person who is ambitious, greedy and lazy. In his helpful, funny, straight-shooting style, Bing navigates the reader through a tasteful pile of bullshit jobs that pay well and demand very little knowledge or effort.
What do being a Feng Shui advisor, executive headhunter, high-level marketing guru, vineyard wine pourer, wedding planner, Wal-Mart greeter and vice president of the United States have in common? They're all bullshit jobs.
God must have loved them, because he made so many of them. The people lucky and skillful enough to have secured bullshit employment are everywhere, in virtually every field from ayurvedic healing to zoo management. The folks who work in these coveted bullshit positions enjoy the best lives imaginable -- they are paid well, they work very little and their professions are highly respected, because nobody really knows what they do.
What, for instance, are the actual functions performed by a McKinsey consultant? Other than sitting around making people nervous? None. That's what he does. And by next Tuesday, he'll probably be your boss's boss!
What does an aromatherapist actually do? Sniff things? Yes! For big, fragrant bucks, that's what!
