The End of Loyalty - The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America Wartzman RickPaperback / softback
The End of Loyalty - The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America Wartzman RickPaperback / softback Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Through the stories of four…
Specifikacia The End of Loyalty - The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America Wartzman RickPaperback / softback
The End of Loyalty - The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America Wartzman RickPaperback / softback
Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. 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. 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. 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,