Working Life Quotes

“Bak stood a moment, as though considering whether the sum total of their shared working life was ending in a minus or a plus.”
― Jussi Adler-Olsen, Disgrace

“The ecclesia of new technologies makes us think and work differently than not only the ancient civilizations did, but from how we worked and organized information a decade ago.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Working life seemed to be one enormous con to me, a deception so brilliant that it had reeled in entire generations of wide-eyed graduates bursting with ideas and energy and youthful enthusiasm, only to station them in front of photocopiers or laminators or shredders. It didn't really matter what your job title was or which company you worked for, most jobs seemed to boil down to moving bits of paper from A to B, appeasing unnecessarily awful people over the phone or email and staring incomprehensibly at spreadsheets.”
― Kate MacDougall, London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency

“The corporate ladder is a vertical tunnel of shit. You climb because you’re terrified of falling, but the higher you get, the worse the smell.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”