Jerks At Work, Revised Edition: How to Deal with People Problems and Problem People

by Ken Lloyd

In this updated and revised edition of Jerks at Work , popular syndicated columnist Ken Lloyd returns to grapple once again with one of America?s most popular (or unpopular) workplace topics, and presents his practical, upbeat, and professionally sound as an antidote. Drawing on e-mails and letters from employees and employers across America, Dr. Lloyd presents numerous examples of some of the most outrageous classic and current workplace (mis)behaviors?past and present?along with the most powerful strategies that readers can use today to deal effectively with them. There is no single, simple strategy that works on every Jerk. They come in many assorted flavors: your Jerk could be your boss, a coworker, your subordinate, a vendor, even customers. Just when you think you have read about the ultimate jerk at work, up pops another. Fortunately, a tailor-made strategy pops up alongside. Jerks at Work provides a wide array of strategies to deal with all the Jerks you come across. There are the time-tested, classical methods for the retro-jerks; the screamers, impractical jokers, egomaniacs, complainers, and non-stop talkers. Then there are new, state-of-the-art strategies to deal with a generation of cyber-jerks that includes bullies, jerks on cellphones, and jerks on line. Additionally, a new section, exclusive to this revised edition, covers some of the most outrageous workplace behaviors that one could ever encounter. Inside, you'll also find these other helpful tips:

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Alex Shaikh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, a book that honestly identifies and analyzes that prolific workplace species - the jerk. Organized by situation and topic, Jerks at Work presents the answers to at least 200 jerk-related questions from real-life readers that were originally published in author Ken Lloyd's syndicated On the Job column. The book is psychologically sound, excruciatingly direct, extremely funny and, above all, actually helpful. Lloyd does a splendid job of covering all the bases and every kind of a jerk, from the boardroom to the mailroom. I highly recommend this book to everyone, because every company has at least one jerk.

[Andrew · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thought this might be another one of those insightful observational humor things, and was appalled to find out it was a slapped-together collection from a newspaper column. I handed in my resignation about 20 pages into the thing.

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title makes this sound like a humor book, but it's actually a very level-headed career advice guide. Set up in an "Q&A" format, this book covers pretty much every topic under the sun to be found in the workplace. I'd recommend this as a resource in every career library.

[Khai Yeen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm still reading it from time to time.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Excerpts from a newspaper column. Too many tacky cliches in response to the various questions readers wrote in. Didn't like the format at all.