Iain Levison

A Working Stiff's Manifesto: a Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember Iain Levison Reprint edition

All Iain Levison really wants is a steady paycheck, cable television, and the possibility of a date on Saturday night. But after blowing $40,000 on an English degree, he can?t find the first, can?t afford the second, and can?t even imagine what woman would consent to the third. So he embarks on a time-honored American tradition: scoring a few dead-end jobs until something better comes along. The problem is, it never does.

A Working Stiff's Manifesto is a laugh-out-loud memoir of one man?s quest to stay afloat. From the North Carolina piedmont to the Alaskan waters, Levison?s odyssey takes him on a cross-country tour of wage labor: gofer, oil deliveryman, mover, fish cutter, restaurant manager, cable thief, each job more mind-numbing than the last. A Working Stiff's Manifesto will resonate with anyone who has ever suffered a demeaning job, worn a name badge, or felt the tyranny of the time clock.