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Malled : My Unintentional Career in Retail by Kelly, Caitlin
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Item specifics
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- Careers
- Special Attributes
- EX-LIBRARY
- ISBN
- 9781591843801
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1591843804
ISBN-13
9781591843801
eBay Product ID (ePID)
93014028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Malled : My Unintentional Career in Retail
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Industries / Retailing, Personal Memoirs, Sales & Selling / General
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-043590
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"After losing her job as a journalist in 2006, Kelly, middle-agedand mid-career, went to work as a part-time salesassociate in a suburban mall. This is a clear-eyedaccount of the often thankless world of Americanretail: the low pay, physical demands and corporatebureaucracy." -- The New York Times, paperback row, "After losingher job as a journalist in 2006, Kelly, middle-agedand mid-career, went to work as a part-time salesassociate in a suburban mall. This is a clear-eyedaccount of the often thankless world of Americanretail: the low pay, physical demands and corporatebureaucracy." -- The New York Times, paperback row, " Malled is a bargain, even at full price. Kelly is a first-rate researcher and storyteller" - USA Today "A must-read...the best of reality journalism" -Bnet.com "Insightful" -Forbes.com "Kelly's book contains lively interviews with retail experts... Malled shines a flashlight on retail's hazards" - Macleans
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
658.85
Synopsis
One woman's midcareer misadventures in the absurd world of American retail. After losing her job as a journalist and the security of a good salary, Caitlin Kelly was hard up for cash. When she saw that The North Face-an upscale outdoor clothing company-was hiring at her local mall, she went for an interview almost on a whim. Suddenly she found herself, middle-aged and mid-career, thrown headfirst into the bizarre alternate reality of the American mall: a world of low-wage workers selling overpriced goods to well-to-do customers. At first, Kelly found her part-time job fun and reaffirming, a way to maintain her sanity and sense of self-worth. But she describes how the unexpected physical pressures, the unreasonable dictates of a remote corporate bureaucracy, and the dead-end career path eventually took their toll. As she struggled through more than two years at the mall, despite surgeries, customer abuse, and corporate inanity, Kelly gained a deeper understanding of the plight of the retail worker. In the tradition of Nickel and Dimed, Malled challenges our assumptions about the world of retail, documenting one woman's struggle to find meaningful work in a broken system., One woman's midcareer misadventures in the absurd world of American retail. After losing her job as a journalist and the security of a good salary, Caitlin Kelly was hard up for cash. When she saw that The North Face-an upscale outdoor clothing company-was hiring at her local mall, she went for an interview almost on a whim. Suddenly she found herself, middle-aged and mid-career, thrown headfirst into the bizarre alternate reality of the American mall: a world of low-wage workers selling overpriced goods to well-to-do customers. At first, Kelly found her part-time job fun and reaffirming, a way to maintain her sanity and sense of self-worth. But she describes how the unexpected physical pressures, the unreasonable dictates of a remote corporate bureaucracy, and the dead-end career path eventually took their toll. As she struggled through more than two years at the mall, despite surgeries, customer abuse, and corporate inanity, Kelly gained a deeper understanding of the plight of the retail worker. In the tradition of "Nickel and Dimed, Malled" challenges our assumptions about the world of retail, documenting one woman's struggle to find meaningful work in a broken system.
LC Classification Number
HF5438.25.K447 2011
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