The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586489143 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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. While business editor of The Times, he helped shape a three-part series on Wal-Mart's impact on the economy and society, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He also writes about the world of work for Fortune magazine online. Before joining the Drucker Institute in 2007 as its founding executive director, Rick worked for two decade
His research is excellent and even-handed Essential reading for those who have ever worried about their jobs."Booklist"A sharp-edged examination of why large American employers shifted from loyalty to their workers to loyalty focused primarily on stockholders. Dionne Jr., author of Our Divided Political Heart and Why the Right Went Wrong"A timely and urgent book. This book will be required reading for anyone hoping to understand our current age of anxiety."Greg Grandin, author of Kissinger's Shadow and Fordlandia"Wartzman, a senior advisor at the Drucker Institute, documents the deterioration of company-employee loyalty at some of America's corporate giants in this insightful economic historyThis impeccably written treatise asserts that it's imperative for Americans to 'share our prosperity more broadly once again' and reinstitute a stronger
Not anymore.In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Productivity boomed.But the corporate social contract didn't last. 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. 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.. 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. Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. 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 mor
Good Jobs in America This is the best history I've read of what the subtitle calls "The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America" from the 1930s until today. The "Rise" included corporate management's willingness to pay living wages and excellent benefits to placate trade unions and secure the long-term loyalty of employees. The "Fall" meant corporate management's all-out war on union labor and a shift in financial philosophy that declared company shareholders and the payment of regular dividends as the primary responsibilitie. Compelling This is powerfully written and couldn't be more timely. It's meticulously researched and loaded with details that are thought-provoking and eye-opening. It's a must-read history for anyone who cares about the future of the country.. The changing employer-employee social contract through the lens of iconic companies This is an engaging, well-researched historical overview of the evolving/devolving relationship U.S. employers have with employees. The author, Rick Wartzman, explores this timely topic through vivid, fact-based storytelling, using the history of GM, GE, Kodak and Coca-Cola as case studies. Wartzman makes the delivery of plentiful information compelling by delving into the personalities of executives, of political leaders, and union leadership. Excellent book, providing meaningful insight into today's e