Reviews

How to Go to Work: All the Advice You Need to Succeed at Your First Job by Lucy Clayton

arj_51's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

Absolutely brilliant book full of all the unspoken rules of the workplace to look out for, written in a funny and inspiring manner. I'm very glad I picked this one up on a whim as it was very useful reading before I started my first proper job after graduating.

julestoast's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

Informative and casual but wish it had more conviction.

spottedtea's review

2.0

Very surface level advice, and I honestly would say this book is pretty useless for anyone who has even a modicum of work experience. Maybe this book would help a high schooler or college freshman with no experience, but for everyone else, this book has very little value.

Also, this book came out in 2020, and it already feels out of date with the advent of remote work (which this book barely covers) and the fact that all of the info in this book can be discovered pretty easily with a simple google search on the topic. Really nothing remarkable here.

coepi's review

3.0

A useful, amusingly-written book with advice I'm sure I'll use on my upcoming internship. I'll also probably buy a copy for my little brother. In general I liked the pragmatic tone, but there were times when I wanted Clayton to be a bit more radical and to push back more on some of the unjust practices we find in work today. For example, disability rights in the workplace and claiming benefits were lumped together into a single section, which was about one page/two paragraphs long. I'd argue the two are very different topics that should maybe be discussed separately, and while benefits might be somewhat outside the scope of this book, some advice on talking about disabilities with employers would be helpful; it certainly deserves more than a paragraph.

carysn's review against another edition

4.0

(Audiobook) solid 4 stars, a good mix of advice for the start of your career, from varied fields, with mentions of some fab books.

ciarasawey's review against another edition

3.0

I started reading this because I wanted to get as much advice as I could for the upcoming months as a soon-to-be graduate. I'm pleased I read this because it soothed a lot of nerves I was feeling as I now have a better idea of what to expect.