Book description
Has your doctor ever prescribed you some bug-juice? Or sent
you to the rheumaholiday department?
Have you ever read an article full of anecdata or reviewphemisms?
Do you think you work in an adhocracy, for a seagull manager?
Every workplace has its own words and phrases, from the Smurf
juice used to clean plane toilets to the Peckham Rolexes,
worn by criminals on release from prison. For Terms of
Employment, Charlie Croker has patrolled hospital corridors, hung
out by office water-coolers and lingered in shops to listen in on the
conversations that only take place at work, gathering together the
jargon we all use, often without thinking.
Whether you're a white wig (new barrister), a
heatseeker (ambitious employee) or an entreprenerd
(geeky IT pioneer) Terms of Employment is an invaluable -
and entertaining - guide.
Charlie Croker is an author and journalist. His previous books
include
The Little Book of Beckham,
A
Game of Three Halves, Lost in Translation
and
8 out of 10 Brits
. He has also written for
The Times,
the
Independent on Sunday
and the
Spectator
, among others.
