Over Work
09 January 2025Imprint: Ithaka
Synopsis
'Fantastic' - Cal Newport
'A bold vision ... lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning' - Adam Grant
Workers across all demographics, industries, and socioeconomic levels report exhaustion, burnout, and the wish for more meaningful lives.
Drawing on years of research, Brigid Schulte traces the arc of our discontent from a time before the 1980s, when...
'A bold vision ... lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning' - Adam Grant
Workers across all demographics, industries, and socioeconomic levels report exhaustion, burnout, and the wish for more meaningful lives.
Drawing on years of research, Brigid Schulte traces the arc of our discontent from a time before the 1980s, when...
Details
09 January 2025432 pages
9781785123801Imprint: Ithaka
Reviews
'In her fantastic new book, Brigid Schulte combines meticulous research with compelling profiles to argue that the exhausting way we work today is a choice. More sustainable and equitable options are possible, but only if we're willing to engage at the societal level in the hard but necessary work of making needed change'Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Digital Minimalism
'A bold vision for transforming work from a burden that takes over our lives into an activity that enriches them ... her carefully researched book lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning'Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential
'A great introduction to the gnarly problems of work and policies to tackle them'Emma Jacobs, The Financial Times
'Revelatory and inspiring, Over Work delivers the hopeful news that real change is possible ... The stories captured in Schulte's book point to the possibility of an economy where we move beyond winners and losers to shared opportunity and true progress'Ai-jen Poo, author of The Age of Dignity