How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending; Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You by Reductress was not for me, personally. I am still thankful that I got to read this!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

As a send up this book is great for the first little bit. The sarcasm is on-point, accurate and cutting. It’ll hit home with its target audience — who has read much of this kind of criticism before. After the first few pages the jokes stop being funny. I wouldn’t recommend this as book to be read, but it will likely make a great coffee table book or gift,

While this book definitely spoke to my nihilistic side, it was a little bit too real for me. I enjoyed it nonetheless.

I did not fall in love with this book as I had originally hoped, however, this book did provide some solid advice. I loved that this book put importance on self-care and I loved the reminder that even when I feel like the whole world is falling around us, we are allowed to take a step back and breathe. Maybe even laugh at a few moments during the day, because we are allowed that.
That is something I forget often! This book is well-written and witty!
Thank you Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this one!

I’m not exactly sure when being overworked and exhausted became a badge of honor, but I’m way over it. How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending brings together short humor stories revolving around burnout, our lives and the workplace. This book made me laugh out loud quite a few times and would be an amazing friend gift.

I wanted to love this book, but the e-galley was formatted poorly and I couldn't read it. What I did read, I loved and laughed lots. I will be buying a print copy!

I don‘t think I was the target group for this book, the satire/humor maybe just wasn‘t for me.

I started reading it but did not finish the book!

Just a great collection of articles from Reductress. I love how unhinged the articles are and how they manage to work in the style of the onion but in a fresh and original way.

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

The satirical publication, Reductress, annihilates capitalism and productivity culture through this witty and meme-heavy content collection. Very relatable and very funny.

This is a great coffee table book, one I'd recommend reading slowly rather than speeding through; the jokes land harder that way! Some of the comedy is a bit redundant, which is why I recommend pacing yourself through this one!

Overall, a fun read. Reductress strikes again!

As Americans, we have proudly embraced the idea that we should work until we drop. We work overtime, we add side hustles to our day jobs, we scramble to do what we have to make ends meet. What don’t we do? Stop and relax. We just keep pushing through the burnout until we are nothing but a pile of charred ashes.

Reductress, a satirical women’s media website, has put together a bunch of short humor pieces about working in the modern world. Whether it’s looking at burnout through history, encouraging readers to add expletives to their resumes, macrodosing at work to try to see God, or turning your polyamorous relationship into an LLC, there are so many ideas for competing and thriving with your job, your side hustle, your wellness, and your free time.

Are you looking for a new #grindset? Do you want to create passive-aggressive income? Are you willing to turn your chronic illness into a personal brand? Can you translate your college skills of avoiding classwork and lying to classmates and professors to your new 9-to-5 job? Are you willing to sell out the environment in order to make some quick money? Can you and your best friends perform dental work on each other because none of you have insurance? If you answered yes to any of these, then you just may have what it takes to pay your rent.

Reductress has turned the irony all the way up for this one, and while not all of these pieces are for every reader, I think every reader can find something that makes them feel seen and heard. Work today is difficult, and knowing that there are others suffering too helps. How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending is a celebration of our biggest grievances, an airing of what is making us miserable, a vision board of bad advice and unhelpful insights that kept us feeling like we’re failing, even though it is the system that’s failing us.

Anyone who has a job or four these days, who struggles to pay for rent or health insurance, or who thinks a 401K is a really long race can find some comfort in these pages and laugh at their depression, anxiety, and burnout, at least until it’s time to go back to work. I know I had a lot of fun with this book and the way it brought some lightness and camaraderie to my burnout, and I was reminded that self-care is not a dirty word, even if I might not talk about it at work. Share it with your #girlfriends as you talk about the #girlboss at the #girlboffice (or, you know, over drinks and snacks).

Egalleys for How to Stay Productive When the World is Ending were provided by Andrews McMeel Publishing through NetGalley, with many thanks.

If you like Reductress headlines, you'll enjoy this collection of similarly themed content. It is a very millennial type humor and very cheeky, but it's silly and fun just like their viral memes. My favorite snippet was probably "How to Fit Figuring Out Your Gender Identity Into an Eighty-Hour Work Week" – classic

How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending is a hilarious and often painfully accurate collection of satirical articles and listicles by the Reductress team about, as the title suggests, trying to be a functional human in the face of societal and environmental collapse. It's funny in a "haha" sort of way and also in a "oh God why" way.

This book is best enjoyed in snippets, mostly because it gets a little repetitive, but also because the truths about work, side hustles, wellness, and everything else can be a little too pointed (in the best way) to consume all at once. Overall, reading How to Stay Productive... was a lot like opening up Reductress: laughter and also a desire to just sort of scream.

3.5/5

Although this book is in line with Reductress' usual content, I found it challenging to read all at once. It's likely meant to read in smaller doses, since it's perfect as a coffee table book. I thought it would be a fun read since I'm feeling super burnt out, but I think it was the wrong choice for me at the time. I still recommend it to people who love Reductress and want a good laugh!

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Sharp and biting - it's the perfect coffee table book to pick up when you feel like you might be losing it after scrolling through viral LinkedIn posts for just a little too long. I would recommend this book to anyone disillusioned with their career.

The ideal reading experience would be reading a few sections at a time - it might feel monotonous in one binge.

Despite being firmly in the humor and satire category, I can't say this was a lighthearted read by any means. I would say it falls more in line with gallows humor, which if you couldn't tell by the title and cover then I don't know what to tell you.

Like too much of any good thing, this starts to feel a bit long after a while so I do recommend reading in shorter chunks - just a few of the "articles" per day seems to be the right pace. It keeps it fresh and engaging without starting to feel redundant.

I do really like the Reductress "oniony" writing style and appreciate the satire and knowing that I'm not alone in my existential dread and dealing with feeling like we're all working through the apocalypse. So that's nice! I'd say it makes a nice gift or conversation book, but probably not something I'd re-read. There were a lot of quotable moments and articles though. My favorite is definitely "Do you have ADHD or is the pace of late capitalism literally impossible without stimulants?" - definitely something I've asked myself on multiple occasions!

Funny, smart, and punchy this book had me snickering as I read through. I had no doubt that Reductress would leave me satisfied, but I was curious how their voice would read in long form. I wasn’t disappointed. This was a cool read that got me laughing and remembering not to take things so serious because, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter.

Thanks to NetGalley and to the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Like Reductress itself, this book does its best work in the headlines. How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending offers the kind of snarky commentary that will make you give a little closed-mouth hmmph of appreciation.

This is the kind of book that feels like it's not meant to be read in one go, despite its small size. The content of the essays gets repetitive--an essay by an oil spill and one from ExxonMobil a few chapters later--offering the kind of critique you've probably seen splashed across your twitter feed for the past decade. There are some genuinely funny moments, but some of it just doesn't land quite right. Maybe we're just in a different phase of hopelessness now.

Honestly, this book was such a breath of fresh air. The satirical voice was funny and yet directly relatable. I like how it was an approachable view on burnout, but still felt lighthearted enough to not feel pointed and accusatory. I'd recommend anyone in the working world to give this one a go. It has some practical advice for dealing with the tougher moments of burnout, too, so it's entertaining and an easy read as well as useful.

As someone who often feels overwhelmed by the pressure to be productive, I appreciated the humorous take on the cult of productivity that permeates our society.

The essays, how-tos, and graphics all perfectly skewer the indignities of living through late-stage capitalism. There were moments when I found myself laughing out loud, but I have to admit that reading a large chunk of their articles all at once did become a bit tiresome.

Overall, I think this book would be a great gift for any friend who works too much and needs a reminder to relax. However, some of the jokes didn't land for me personally, so it might not be for everyone. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the fresh perspective on burnout and productivity, and it definitely gave me a much-needed chuckle.