Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Book Review: We see what we want to see
Summary: 5 Stars
Working has been my favorite book - likely the book that had the most implicit impact on the way I think - for many years. I pick it up every year and read a random section, put it back down, and pick it up again. Real stories, genuinely collected.The comments are interesting - everyone interprets what Terkel gathered in a way that meets their own worldview. Not too surprising, but read it yourself, and draw your own conclusions - maybe even new ones.
Book Review: Nice Find
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book sitting tattered on a bookshelf while staying at a bed and breakfast in Tennessee. I could not put this book down and would recommend it to anyone who feels alone when issues come up regarding work and how it affects their lives. Although written in the early 70's, this book speaks of many issues that confront workers today.Book Review: A moving book
Summary: 4 Stars
Although I had extreme difficulty getting through this book, as it is so long, it was a moving experience. It really opened my eyes to the economic classes in America. It was fascinating to read about so many different people and so many different jobs. If you are interested in people or in economics this is a great book for you.Book Review: Why Do We Do The Things We Do?
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all this book was absolutely fabulous. It makes you stop and think about the way that you treat the average working class person. That may help you EVERYDAY yet, some never stop to awknowledge them. Think about it? When was the last time that you said thank you to the Bagger at the local grocery store, or the guy at the gas station? How about the last time that you said hello to the person at the drive-through window? The postman? Have you ever thought of writing a letter to a company that has brought you products since you were a little child? These people help us continue with our everyday lives, yet we do not awknowledge them, thank them, or commend them on a job that would get done if they were not there. Instead we look down upon them, our kids do not want to become them, yet thousands of people go to work everyday loathing their jobs, because they never seem to get a pat on the back, a smile, or a simple thanks. This book has made me want to go back in time and thank every person that is apart of the working claas, that has ever helped me.Book Review: Follow your Dreams
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great book. It shows how real people feel about the job that they perform by interviewing them. Terkel describes his legacy of taped interviews this way: "It's the ordinary people, so called, who have things that they wanted to say all their lives, so this is something of a treasury I'd say." You read about it all, from waiters to teachers, from people who play sports to the people who work in offices. You learn that in order to be happy in life you must follow your dream and not do something based on status or salary. Many times people are being deprived of the potential joys in work when we are trained to focus too much on status and salary. Its better to wake up every morning looking forward to working than living a life full of regrets.