Executive Blues
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0440507650 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 245 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At the age of 50, he was unemployed and on the flip side of that dream, a victim of corporate downsizing. Jerry Meyer was a certified success story--the youngest-ever vice-president of McDonnell Douglas at the age of 40. His bewildering journey from corporate success to white-collar joblessness is a memoir that Fortune magazine called "brilliant, original, and raging."
From Publishers Weekly Corporate communications executive Meyer presents a memoir of the free-fall he underwent as a casualty of downsizing. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
A Customer said read it and weep -- and laugh, and hold your head. I so enjoyed this book I devoured it in one sitting -- which surprised even me. I have not a thing in common with the author: I am not male, I'm nowhere near 50, I have never been a senior executive and I've never been fired. In fact, I'm a stay-at-home mo. The other side of Up in the Air Robin All the time that I was watching Jason Reitman's brilliant, Up in the Air, I was thinking about this book. I don't know if anyone has considered reprinting it, but this would be a good time. G.J. Meyer was a seasoned executive when the combined hit of corp. Stands the Test of Time I first read Mr. Meyer's book in the early 90s and was touched and amused by it. As the decade progressed, so did the number of layoffs I also encountered, and I never went through a layoff without thinking of his story. I can't tell you how many people I