B. S., Incorporated
by Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss
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Pub Date May 17 2016 | Archive Date Jul 28 2016
Description
Business Solutions, Inc., is falling apart at the seams. While employees are killing time stalking free snacks and filming porn in the HQ stairwells, the company’s co-CEOs bring in shadowy corporate consultants to shake up their business in ways even they don’t understand.
As the communications manager tasked with translating C-suite doublespeak, Will Evans is constantly torn between his blue-collar warehouse past and his white-collar future. When he is put in charge of rolling out a dubious strategy the consultants brand Optelligence, Will is thrust deep into a muddle of absurdity and responsibility he never expected.
Enter Anna Reed, corporate mercenary with heels as high as her ambition. To her, BSI is just a stepping-stone to a better job at a smarter company. Demoted to Will’s team on her first day, she’s ready to steamroll anyone to get her career back on track.
When BSI is pushed to the brink of bankruptcy, Will hatches a covert plan that just might save them all. But first, he must convince Anna to go all-in on BSI, and she’s prepared to let everyone around her go down in flames if it means she’ll get out unscathed.
Advance Praise
"B.S., Incorporated was so laceratingly dead-on in its satire of corporate culture that it gave me nightmares. Jargon-filled, soulless nightmares. This book absolutely skewers its target."
—Jilly Gagnon, coauthor of the Choose Your Own Misery: The Office
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781634899048 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Megan D, Reviewer
For everyone that's ever had to deal with corporate BS. Especially handed down from a business consultanting company.
If you've watched or heard of House of Lies on Netflix, they ARE the consulting company who push atrocious changes onto existing companies.
I found the first 20%of the book difficult to get through because it set the stage with lots of corporate doublespeak. I'd recommended to cut this down to about 10% and start the humorous jabs around then too.
The jabs are really spot on and had me laughing out loud through my lunch. And several times had to cover my mouth to keep from spitting my drink over my Kindle.
One of the more sublime ones ...
"you don't want to be a Columbia. Or a Jigsaw."
"A what?" Will looked up.
"A Columbia- like the space shuttle. A guy who screws up one pivotal thing and brings the entire crew down in a ball of flames." Judd winced at the explanation. "A Jigsaw leader preys on the fears of his employees, pitting them against each other to see who wants to survive the most."
The huge divide between those two things makes the comparison even more astonishing for how accurate it is sometimes.
There's a number of quirky characters. I want to be Bennie when I grow up. Running gag jokes like what would make great band names. And they really are good candidates.
Even a simple sentence can be gold.
"Les had the interpersonal skills of a picnic ham."
Definitely recommended and DO hang in there through the slow start. It's worth it.
Thank you to the publisher for the free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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