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At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no apparent work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it's an ordinary big company. Or at least, that's what everyone thinks, until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand you just don't ask some questions—starts investigating.

Jones uncovers the company's secret: what Zephyr really does. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality, and whether he can get out again... that's a good question.]]> 38401 8 2704 2006 Company total:1052|5:176|4:401|3:342|2:112|1:21| 1052 3755 1425 187 18741 3.66 3789 556 9782412 175635 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657s/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.60 108 Jennifer Government.

At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it’s an ordinary big company. Or at least, that’s what everyone thinks. Until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand that you just don’t ask some questions at Zephyr—starts investigating.

Soon Jones uncovers the company’s secret: the answer to everything, what Zephyr Holdings really does, and why every manager has a copy of the Omega Management System. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality—and whether he can get out again, now that’s a good question.]]> 2006 1 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 16:53:05 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 17:52:44 -0800 2007
Anyone who has worked anywhere in the last 20 years will recognise, with some pain, stuff written here - the nightmares of quality improvement plans, the language mangling this is ‘mission statements’ and the feeling that work has beco...more...]]> 2254397 146952 1021976 140015202X 9781400152025 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180300478m/1021976.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180300478s/1021976.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1021976.Company 2.67 3 2006 4 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 09:44:29 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:21:04 -0800 2009
Narrated by: William Dufris

There have been various comments about this reader…either love him or hate him. I happily align with the former.

Since there are many other sources for a review of the...more...]]> 75018820 1177534 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657s/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 1052 Jennifer Government.

At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it’s an ordinary big company. Or at least, that’s what everyone thinks. Until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand that you just don’t ask some questions at Zephyr—starts investigating.

Soon Jones uncovers the company’s secret: the answer to everything, what Zephyr Holdings really does, and why every manager has a copy of the Omega Management System. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality—and whether he can get out again, now that’s a good question.]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 19 09:05:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:05:25 -0700 2009
If the premise sounds absurd, you’re right. But just like the corporate world, a single dougnut brings about the decline and fall of a company. It serves as a catalyst for the absurd...more...]]> 45461775 1008236 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657s/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 1052 Jennifer Government.

At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it’s an ordinary big company. Or at least, that’s what everyone thinks. Until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand that you just don’t ask some questions at Zephyr—starts investigating.

Soon Jones uncovers the company’s secret: the answer to everything, what Zephyr Holdings really does, and why every manager has a copy of the Omega Management System. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality—and whether he can get out again, now that’s a good question.]]> 2006 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:45:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:45:09 -0800 2009 Barry, an Australian writer, cut his teeth at Hewlett-Packard, and he's never been the same since. As Entertainment Weekly points out, his third novel owes a debt to The Office, The Truman Show, Animal Farm, and The Fountainhead, among others. Yet Company is truly Barry's own absurd satire on office...

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From the jacket blurb: Stephen Jones is a shiny new hire at Zephyr Holdings. From the outside, Zephyr is just another bland corporate monolith, but behind its glass doors business is far from usual: the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as a...more...]]> 71011479 1548580 6856363 192121564 97819215643 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252807781m/6856363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252807781s/6856363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6856363-company 3.00 4
At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no apparent work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it's an ordinary big company. Or at least, that's what everyone thinks, until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand you just don't ask some questions—starts investigating.

Jones uncovers the company's secret: what Zephyr really does. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality, and whether he can get out again... that's a good question.]]> 2006 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:09:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 22:32:57 -0700 2009
The story is about...more...]]> 43150945 1857329 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 4 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:33:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 19:04:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41280384 563277 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 4 0 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:07:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 14:31:06 -0800 2008 Part of me frankly wondered if I in fact actually do have a real job. Reorganizations are par for the course as are unexplained a...more...]]> 49780174 1492430 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Thu Mar 19 11:09:56 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 13:27:13 -0700 2009 Jennifer Government, Barry is particularly adept at skewering corporate greed and those who make their living (if it can be called that) feeding the corporate dragon. Our hero, a new employee named Stephen Jones who is recently out of business school, joins the Sales Team at Z...more...]]> 38686473 1752430 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 5 0 false Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Nov 26 07:19:28 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:19:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 31880111 1489432 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 0 0 false Tue Sep 02 21:27:14 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 01 14:23:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29757645 879591 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:38:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:46:08 -0700 2008
The book opens with a guy named Jones getting a new position at a company named Zephyr. The company - and his department in particular - is completely dysfunctiona...more...]]> 9855691 653338 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657s/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 1052 Jennifer Government.

At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

In other words, it’s an ordinary big company. Or at least, that’s what everyone thinks. Until fresh-faced employee Jones—too new to understand that you just don’t ask some questions at Zephyr—starts investigating.

Soon Jones uncovers the company’s secret: the answer to everything, what Zephyr Holdings really does, and why every manager has a copy of the Omega Management System. It plunges him into a maelstrom of love, loyalty, management, and corporate immorality—and whether he can get out again, now that’s a good question.]]> 2006 4 0 false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 02 17:59:23 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 20 06:14:28 -0800 2008 Originally read: June 2006

I've enjoyed Barry's other books, particularly Syrup, but this is his best and my favorite. A satire of corporate culture that will resonate with cube-dwellers everywhere.

"You don't get to be manager of a sales depar...more...]]> 6649142 34677 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 09:38:31 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 09:49:26 -0700 2007 Jennifer Government, and he does it again here in Company. Jones is a new hire at Zephry Holdings, who is ba...more...]]> 79449688 303764 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:58:12 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 08:35:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1159116 36747 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 05:57:57 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 06:02:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65375181 688794 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 5 0 false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 29 03:02:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 03:02:27 -0700 2009
It's funny, smart, and VERY irreverant. If there...more...]]> 770144 62704 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 22:28:24 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 12:50:21 -0700 2007
Interesting look a...more...]]> 31688842 1479520 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 18:50:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 18:50:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22599480 1000591 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982s/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 1052 2006 3 0 false Mon May 19 23:53:16 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 23:59:32 -0700 2008
Additional note: Life imitates art. My company moved to a new building a few months ago. We ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6856363