Cube Monkeys: A Handbook for Surviving the Office Jungle

by CareerBuilder.com, Second City Communications

You drag yourself to work wearing your office uniform, complete with khaki pants and sense of impending doom. After grabbing a cup of the office sludge, you settle in with your fellow cube dwellers and How will I last another day in this freaky corporate jungle? Cheaper than therapy, Cube Monkeys is your secret weapon to surviving the longest 40 hours of the week. Wanna get the overachieving intern fired? Don't know how to tell the Stink Bomb down the hall he needs a scrub a dub dub? Afraid you may have told off the boss after your fifth margarita at last night's happy hour? Need a handy list of excuses good for any occasion? Look no further. The editors of CareerBuilder.com and Second City Communications have answers to your most pressing office survival questions, as well as advice, tips, and more to help you make it through the day without killing anyone. (Well, maybe the intern will take a hit. But that little snitch had it coming.)

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm reluctant to put the tag "humor" on this book, because it really wasn't humorous. I picked it up partly because of the cover (monkey sitting on a copier with his pants down) and partly because I saw a funny looking flow chart as I was flipping through it. I worked in a cubicle for over three years, so I know about the absurdities of office life. But the authors either don't get it or they're trying too hard. Skip this one, and just watch "Office Space" again ("It was a 'Jump to Conclusions' mat").

[HeavyReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked up this book from a thrift store free box because I thought it might be a funny gift for my sister’s husband who works in the corporate world.

Well…let’s just say it’s on the not very funny shelf for a reason. I will NOT be sending this book to anyone I know.

To be fair, some of the tidbits in this book did make me chortle aloud, but most of it was just kind of dumb. It’s amazing to think it too three guys to write this book.

[Bonita Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another book I picked up this weekend.. very comical.
Makes me smile and laugh with every page.
Thought it would be a good fit, as eventually after my training, I will be working in a cubicle environment in my new job!

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I WROTE IT!

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best book ever!

[Lori Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

A should-read book on office politics which will happen to you and around you whether you participate in politics or not.