The Joy of Work: Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers

Adams is a thinker. And he thinks about making things work. Half the humor in Dilbert is based on being thwarted from pursuing the best and obvious way to do things. Good notes about the social aspects of work and why people behave the way they do and some good ideas about standing out and doing well.

I bought this as a Xmas present for a work colleague. Always nice to have an extra reason to smile :)

Great "home library " read.

I love dilbert, scott adams writing is great.

This book is hilarious

This was a real good one. It’s less about work and more about ways to find humour at the expense of others. That’s a paraphrase of the subtitle and really all there is to sum it up. The lessons can apply to many areas of life. There are lessons on how to be creative and a number of great pranks you can play. There are also good ways to deal with all types of horrible people that you wouldn’t want to interact with but unfortunately have to. Of course, none of these suggestions are realistic, but they are hilarious. And some of them could probably be implemented in a more tasteful way to great success (or at least personal satisfaction). The section on handling criticism was refreshingly honest, if rude (as usual). I mostly just liked how he pointed out the ridiculous things people have criticized his comics for and how there’s really no way to avoid stuff like that. There’s growing a thick skin, and then there’s finding humour in the situation. That’s what I try to do. Either a) stop caring, b) think it’s funny, or c) both. I also liked how in this book there are a few more personal stories than in his other books. They are longer than his fictitious stories and are still very amusing, even more so because they are true. So many funny things happen to us each day when no one else is around to experience them. That’s why I love reading nonfiction humour. Sometimes truth is stranger (and funnier) than fiction. And better yet, the funny story just writes itself. You just have to transcribe the situation. No thinking required. I would write if I thought that other people had the same sense of humour I did. But I suppose Scott’s section on the six dimensions of humour would help sort that out. Something to consider. (;Anyway, so far all of the books in this series are pure gems and I would encourage picking any of them up in any order. I’ve still got two more to go. We could all use a laugh every once in a while and I am certain you’ll learn something.

Even on the second read, this remains one of my favourite Dilbert's books. After reading the comic for a decade, there is not much novelty that I found on the first read but still a lot of laughs. Hopefully, will read again after another decade of memory loss!

I bought this book as a teenager in 1998... I couldn't tell you what possessed me to do so but at the time I thought the book was hilarious in title, concept, and content.Fast forward to 2002 when I started working in an office and reflecting on how I've moved from office culture with an actual office to the currently trending travesty of collaboration in a cubicle farm... this book was spookily prescient.The book itself is well written and Scott Adams himself is quite an interesting character. I wouldn't mind reading more of his work as I find Scott's comic strips everywhere; most are mockingly accurate. :)

For any person who has been in the corporate for some time would have gone through the situation mentioned in the book, it is surprising that Scott was able to see it so clearly and the pattern repeats itself everywhere. I think its just a sign that the corporate rules have traveled so much around the world used and abused.

I have wasted lots of money in my time but this takes the biscuit, I thought this was the usual collection of amusing strips.......I need to delete this from my devices, what a boring, unfunny ramble