Reviews

Wait, I'm Working with Who?!?: The Essential Guide to Dealing with Difficult Coworkers, Annoying Managers, and Other Toxic Personalities by Peter Economy

everstormseve's review

2.0

Lots of filler.

ala2134's review

2.0

Found this lying around at a friend’s over the holiday weekend. Finished in a couple hours as it’s mostly headlines and short bullets vs. fully fledged writing. I think we can all admit that we’ve worked with “jerks” and there are certainly some relatable archetypes in the case studies. However, a lot of the scenarios and advice seemed completely unrealistic in practice. This is common in self help books, but it made a lot of the practical takeaways near useless as I couldn’t imagine ever actually saying or doing them.

nikkicampers's review

informative slow-paced

3.0

bethalyea's review

4.0

Going back to re-read a few areas. Interesting read with useful tips for all those in the workforce. This book is great because it works for various settings: profit, high-end firms, small offices, non-profits, retail, etc. One minus---sounds like everyone is some kind of jerk(but maybe that's just reality). Positives: makes you self-reflect on your own jerkiness, offers advice on how to counter different varieties of jerks, case studies to illustrate specific examples of bad behavior and how to correct them/ourselves. Easy to read style--not at all textbook style.