Net Slaves: True Tales of Working the Web

by Bill Lessard, Steve Baldwin

Exposes the dark side of the booming technology industry which has thousands of poorly-paid employees working extended hours in cyber-sweatshops.

Genres: Technology, Nonfiction, Business

Paperback

First published September 29, 1999

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. The stories were entertaining. The authors' writing style and sarcastic use of synonyms for different occupations was annoying. I think this book would have worked better if the sarcasm was removed and the subject was treated as a serious retrospective. The message from these stories is loud and clear though - the ubiquitous greed of humans, especially present in the early Internet.

[whejleh · Rating 1 out of 5]

I genuinely couldn't stand the writing style and didn't share the authors' sense of humor. I'm sure some people may enjoy this book but I didn't. Also the classification of "NetSlaves" was (to me) idiotic and wholly unnecessary. Had to force myself to finish this book.

[Viktoria · Rating 2 out of 5]

If it would be twice shorter, it would get better rating. Otherwise - jokes are almost the same throughout the book and got REALLY boring. Second book in my life, which I "threw away" before reading til the end - life is too short to read boring books :)

[Harald Felgner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was in immediate proximity of the dot.com bubble's peak. Somehow projecting what would happen. Still worth a read ... looking back!