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Wartzman Rick
The End Of Loyalty The Rise And Fall Of Good Jobs In America
The End Of Loyalty The Rise And Fall Of Good Jobs In America
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Description: Having a good stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore. In this richly detailed and eye - opening book Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers - - General Motors General Electric Kodak and Coca - Cola - - he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of the post - World War II economy these companies also believed that worker pay needed to be kept high in order to preserve morale and keep the economy humming. Productivity boomed. But the corporate social contract didn't last. By tracing the ups and downs of these four corporate icons over seventy years Wartzman illustrates just how much has been lost: job security and steadily rising pay guaranteed pensions robust health benefits and much more. Charting the Golden Age of the '50s and '60s; the turbulent years of the '70s and '80s; and the growth of downsizing outsourcing and instability in the modern era Wartzman's narrative is a biography of the American Dream gone sideways. Deeply researched and compelling The End of Loyalty will make you rethink how Americans can begin to resurrect the middle class. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize in current interest A best business book of the year in economics Strategy+ Business
Title: The End Of Loyalty The Rise And Fall Of Good Jobs In America
Author(s): Wartzman Rick
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781541724020
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2018
Category: History Of Specific Companies / Corporate History
Description: Having a good stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore. In this richly detailed and eye - opening book Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers - - General Motors General Electric Kodak and Coca - Cola - - he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of the post - World War II economy these companies also believed that worker pay needed to be kept high in order to preserve morale and keep the economy humming. Productivity boomed. But the corporate social contract didn't last. By tracing the ups and downs of these four corporate icons over seventy years Wartzman illustrates just how much has been lost: job security and steadily rising pay guaranteed pensions robust health benefits and much more. Charting the Golden Age of the '50s and '60s; the turbulent years of the '70s and '80s; and the growth of downsizing outsourcing and instability in the modern era Wartzman's narrative is a biography of the American Dream gone sideways. Deeply researched and compelling The End of Loyalty will make you rethink how Americans can begin to resurrect the middle class. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize in current interest A best business book of the year in economics Strategy+ Business
Title: The End Of Loyalty The Rise And Fall Of Good Jobs In America
Author(s): Wartzman Rick
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781541724020
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2018
Category: History Of Specific Companies / Corporate History