Best of "Temp Slave"

My only complaint with this book is that its too short! I wish it were longer! I loved the stories, they were so entertaining!

Best of Temp Slave by Jeff Kelly Garrett County Press; ISBN: 1891053426This entertaining little book includes over 30 hilarious essays, along with numerous cartoons and comics about temping. The writing is by temps, who tell the whole truth about temping. They also offer great advice for temps on how to get even with the bosses. Definitely not a rose-colored-glasses view of temping or work in non-union, corporate dominated America. This book covers the daily grind of insecurity, humiliation, and insult that temps endure. Instead of dream world advice, Temp Slave contains advice based upon real world experience, where neither the temp agencies or their clients give a flying damn about the temp, except for the mega-bucks we generate for them.It is very refreshing to read a book by temps and for temps that show how many temps feel the abused. Best of Temp Slave lets temps see how they are not alone or aberrant in their feelings of abuse and insult. This book is an excellent contribution to the task of re-creating the worker solidarity that is necessary to overturn abusive working conditions in corporate dominated America.

Brutal and funny from start to finish, Best of TS! showed me office life from the pov of the temps that keep shuffling in and out. There's also some interesting stuff about French labor practices and working construction jobs. Much better than the publisher's description would lead you to believe. Studs Terkel was right on in recommending this book.It does lose a star, however, for some unfortunate typos.