Please Fire Me:
Posts from the Revolting Workplace
1st Edition
Published on 28. January 2011
240 pages
978-0-8065-3520-3 (ISBN)
Description
If you work in the kind of place where your boss's door is always open, the coffee is always refilled, and professionalism reigns, then kindly put down this book and throw yourself off something very tall. If years of being frustrated by arrogant douche bags and mental pygmies have left you ready to burn the world to the ground while laughing, then prepare to discover someone actually has it worse.
Inspired by the hugely popular website, Please Fire Me is
"A venting ground for the malemployed." --Thrillist
"A really funny, bitchy co-worker." --The L Magazine
Read hilarious workplace horror stories and follow the PFM guide to surviving the corporate machine.
"Your boss is illiterate, your co-worker eats her own hair--whine it all out on Please Fire Me."--Details.com
"Read Please Fire Me and be happy your job isn't that bad." --Smart Pretty and Awkward
"Hilarious." --Times & Transcript
Inspired by the hugely popular website, Please Fire Me is
"A venting ground for the malemployed." --Thrillist
"A really funny, bitchy co-worker." --The L Magazine
Read hilarious workplace horror stories and follow the PFM guide to surviving the corporate machine.
"Your boss is illiterate, your co-worker eats her own hair--whine it all out on Please Fire Me."--Details.com
"Read Please Fire Me and be happy your job isn't that bad." --Smart Pretty and Awkward
"Hilarious." --Times & Transcript
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Persons
Adam Chromy; Jill Morris
Content
- Intro
- Praise for PleaseFireMe.com
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preamble to the Revolution
- CHAPTER 1 Powerpoint the Finger at Them - An informative slideshow to explain your morale is sliding
- Signs You May Be Malemployed
- How to Live with Yourself If You Work for Your Parents
- CHAPTER 2 A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Copy and Paste - The University of Oxfired offers continued education for the miserable
- Course Catalog
- Continuing Education at Oxfired
- The Rise of the Professionaletarian Class
- How Easily Could You Be Replaced By a Robot?
- Thought Crimes in History
- Oxfired Insists on the Classics: Myth of Bizyphus
- Take Home Brain Teasers
- Advances in Modern Phrenology
- Boss's Language Association Handbook
- CHAPTER 3 Your Work Environment: An Inconvenient Truth - Mapping out the annoyances surrounding you
- An Inconvenient Office Map
- Break Room
- Conference Room
- Cubicles
- Cubicles 2
- Common Area
- CHAPTER 4 Theirs and Yours: Benefits Handbooks - Like comparing apples and golden-parachute apples
- Afluck Budget Insurance
- Other Things Your HMO Doesn't Cover
- Now That's What I Call Annoying! Vol. 43
- Employee Entertainment Center
- Where Do You Stand on the Feeding Chain?
- New Intern FAQ
- Afluck Lordly Insurance Plan
- Things Hopefully Money Can Cure
- CHAPTER 5 Clock-Out! It's Revolution Time! - Glorifying revolutionary heroes like you!
- The Parking Lot Oaths
- The Tall Tale of "Ronny Fireseed"
- Posters for our Posters
- CHAPTER 6 Recruitment - A full report on who to recruit, who to ignore at lunch
- The Smoker's Circle
- CHAPTER 7 Customer-Training Seminar - Flashing the customer with facts
- CHAPTER 8 Prank Your Co-workers! LOL! - Get them good!
- CHAPTER 9 Focus on Your Real Enemy: Bosses - Study the strengths and weaknesses of types of bosses you will encounter
- For Your Eyes Only: Boss Profiles
- CHAPTER 10 The Human Revolutionaries Department - Resolving conflict by creating stupider conflict
- Sexual Harassment
- CHAPTER 11 Women of the Revolution - Bossmopolitan teaches gritty girlies how to screw their entire workplace
- Women Be Shoppin'!
- Old Spice for Women
- Quiz: How Sexist Is Your Office?
- Women Be Shoppin'!
- Bossmopolitan Says . . . The Things That Suck About This Email Are Pretty Simple
- Women Be Shoppin'!
- How To Use Your Body Type as a Weapon
- Revolution Secrets!
- Revolutionary Secrets!
- Shirtless Boss Showdown
- Speak your mind!
- Revolutionary Secrets!
- What Your Boss Really Thinks of Your Hair and Makeup
- CHAPTER 1001010101111 Machines: The forgotten Cog
- Preparing the Human Workforce
- Jobs Neither Man Nor Machine Wants
- Preparing for the Robot Workforce
- CHAPTER 12: Operation: Suck It, Enemies! - Strategic plans to take down your boss
- Operation: Debounce
- Operation: Tongue Twister
- Operation Yuk You
- Operation: The Impregnator's New Clothes
- Operation: Situation Normal, All Backed Up
- Operation: Babyruiners Club
- Operation: One of Those Days
- Operation: Snow Job
- Operation: Mousetrap
- Operation: Frog Her
- Operation: The Thick White Line
- Operation: Blackout Berry
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright Page
- Notes
