Corporate Psycho: A two hour read and satirical corporate send-up

by Anthony Ranieri

If it wasn't so funny, it would be serious, very serious. The corporate world is gripped by a virus of bad behaviour. The corporate psychopaths have taken over.

Disgusting, selfish and downright mean behaviour is dressed and camouflaged as acceptable. We have gone to the dark side. The pressure of delivering year-in-year-out on the undeliverable has made it easier to disguise, but only for a short while, as karma reigns in those guilty. What has happened to the good guys, the standard-bearers of normality, decency and honesty? They are out there, plugging away, day in day out, fighting the good fight in the right way of course.

Let's not despair, let's look for our champions like Max Clarke as he goes head to head, chapter by chapter, in this mockumentary, a true confession of all sorts, as he takes on the psychopaths of big corporations and expose their rearguard and senselessness. The game is corporate snakes and ladders in a journey of witty confrontations, settling each score one by one at Corporation Klink.

Corporate Psycho is a satirical exposé of a business enterprise and organisation of people coming together in their pursuit of dominance, fame, success and greed. It comes at the expense of decent colleagues, ethical values and the fabric of the organisation and what it originally stood for.

Get your copy of this two-hour read and laugh away, as you will never see your workplace in the same way again!

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 12, 2012

About the author

Anthony Ranieri is a Melbourne-based professional with a bachelor’s degree in human resources, and he has extensive experience working in senior corporate positions in that capacity. He has written many business articles on the topic of job hunting. Tandem Press in Australia and New Zealand published his first book, How to Find a Job in 6 Weeks, in 2003.

Anthony is a football aficionado and, during his spare time, was an active referee for over ten years before retiring from the profession. He has coached football at the junior level and followed the careers of his children in the sport as a parent. The idea of writing a book about his passion for football bloomed a long time ago, and this is his first work in the football genre.

Reviews

[Geff Ratcheson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book. I despise corporations, & the description seemed to indicate this was a satire of corporate dysfunction.

I'm uncertain if there is a cultural disconnect between Australian & USA writing styles (I have enjoyed several Australian films), or if the author's writing style & I just aren't a good fit; but I did not enjoy the read. I didn't laugh once at a book that is marketed as a satire.

The writing style just seemed disjointed. None of the characters felt like real people; and again it just wasn't all that funny.

Fortunately for me, it was short & I was able to finish it. It is part 1 of a 2 part series.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Kathleen Van Lierop · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great humorous novel!
This book was easy reading and well written with lots of humor about the corporate world and HR. It was a very nice novel to read.
I received a free copy.