Flip-Flops and Microwaved Fish

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This book provides great tips for people who are new to their careers and even for people who just need a refresher on workplace communication and culture. There is a good dose of humor to go along with an otherwise kind of boring subject. The "Someone Else's Dad" contributions add some real life experiences.

Great book on multi cultural environment at a work place and not only this! This book is great for fresh from college and those in intwrnshup, very good for professionals who may choose to change working environments to multicultural o startups after big corporations. I think the book has a lot of good work place tips for all.

Thank you to netgallery and the publisher for allowing me to have a E-copy of this book to review. As soon as I saw the title of this book I laughed. There has been many times in my office someone’s shouted ‘please tell me that’s not fish!’
This book is great for anyone going into their first job. Teaches you the basic do’s and dont’s. The right amount of humour along side a good amount of advice.
As someone that’s been in employment for a while, I even picked up a few skills I can take into the work place - things such as loud speakers, how to listen better, and taking the high road!
I enjoyed the advice ‘from someone else’s dad’

I had started my career straight out of college. I had some odd jobs during school but nothing in the professional world. This book would have been helpful with those new job jitters everyone gets. Once you accept a job offer, it is stressful. How do I dress? How do I act around my peers? What do I bring for lunch?
This book addresses all of those issues and more. I really enjoyed the little blurbs in each chapter where it was presented as if someone asked a real life question and he provided the best answer on how to handle it.

No one has all of the answers on starting a new job and it can be hard to apply to all the different industries but the author did an amazing job. I believe this book would be a great graduation gift before the next generation enters the workforce. As a professional in the field for 8 years now, it made me rethink if I am a direct conversationalist and also if I should firm up on my handshake!

Full disclosure: I interviewed Peter on my podcast and found him to be an articulate and sensible advisor. This well-intentioned book covers myriad questions about work that you don’t learn in school: social skills; how to dress, talk, and eat; tips about people, emails, and language, and, bless him, he talks about how to run better meetings. There are also sections where he offers straightforward and humorous responses to specific questions submitted to “someone else’s dad.” Enjoyable and practical.