The runaway surprise bestseller and tongue-in-cheek call to arms for office-workers the world over to do less if they want to achieve more

Picture the scene: The boardroom at French electricity giant EdF. The subject: 'Motivation'. One of the senior economists piped up: She came to work, she declared, because she was paid to. The stunned silence lasted a full 15 seconds. The woman was Corinne Maier and she had dared to voice the unspeakable - we go to work not because we love it, not because we love organising childcare, and cramming on the Tube for 45 minutes, but because we have to.

This sets the tone for Maier's revolutionary book on getting away with doing as little as possible at work. Full of practical tips as well as insights into the workings of the modern company, BONJOUR LAZINESS is as inspirational as it is enlightening. Covering subjects ranging from getting promoted, to managing in meetings and dealing with colleagues, BONJOUR LAZINESS is a witty antidote to the rash of American motivational books on the market. It is a call to the office-workers of the world to rise up and throw their laptops and mission statements in the air. BONJOUR LAZINESS will make you laugh, then make you wish you'd known all of this years ago!

Brand new translation for the paperback edition. 'Maier convinces us that not only can you be a slacker and get away with it, but that only by reducing your productivity to zero have you any hope of climbing the corporate ladder' The Times. BONJOUR LAZINESS was a No.1 bestseller in Europe - it has sold over 270,000 copies in France alone. Huge media attention on publication. For readers who enjoyed IN PRAISE OF SLOW and HOW TO BE IDLE - both Sunday Times bestsellers. Published in 21 countries and languages. 'Intelligent and hugely entertaining' The Times. 'An elegantly written call to arms to the neo-slaves of middle management' Guardian. 'Maier's observations generate one universal reaction among readers: "Ohmigod, that's just like my company!" ' Financial Times 'This is an insightful, funny book for those who work only because they need the money' GQ

About the Author
Corinne Maier is an economist and author who has worked for years at Electricite de France (EdF). Shortly after the publication of this book in France, Maier was due to be disciplined by her employers for disloyalty to the company and for reading a newspaper during a meeting. However, they have since abandoned disciplinary action. For the moment, Maier continues to work part-time at EdF and to follow her own recipe of how to work as little as possible.

Reviews
a warm salut for Maier's droll diatribe on the idocies of office life - a comic hit...Her witty proof that "There is no va-va-voom in business" calls on not just Foucault but Dilbert to make a sassy slacker's manual * INDEPENDENT *
according to Corinne Maier's hilarious hommage to the lazy git, sometimes it actually pays to be on the horizontal side of idle * DAILY RECORD *
This slim book is aimed specifically at French corporate culture but its observations are sufficiently universal to warrant a translation -- Toby Clements * DAILY TELEGRAPH *



Book Information
ISBN 9780752877648
Author Corinne Maier
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 176mm * 128mm * 18mm