What's Being Said About Disgruntled The Book

Disgruntled: The Darker Side of the World of Work is caustic and nasty. It's dangerous and it's snide. And every employee -- or anyone contemplating becoming an employee someday -- should read it.

-- Joe Livernoise, The Monterey County Herald

Levine's book cuts through the façade of civility that has framed employee-employer relations in the second half of the century, and that's why it's so refreshing to read. It's riddled with stories of employees chained to their desks by supervisors, locked into the office for drug testing, spied on after complaining, traumatized by too-real security demonstrations and just plain pissed about too many hours and not enough money. Levine makes no bones about pointing out the lows to which employers will stoop to maintain order in their companies and fat checks in their bank accounts. And he offers suggestions on building a life less dependent on them.

-- Heather Chaplin, Salon Magazine

Darker than Dilbert and more lighthearted than Ralph Nader... Disgruntled: The Darker Side of the World of Work offers up a comprehensive and scathing look at the place many of us go between 9 and 5.

-- Jessica Guynn, Contra Costa Times

For Most Americans, experiencing the darker side of work is a daily routine. It starts with dreading the morning alarm and ends with a bargain basement paycheck. In between, there's an endless amount of frustrations, humiliation and boredom; not to mention supervisors, managers and bosses. And that's if you have a job, the darker side becomes pitch black if you're looking for work, or were recently downsized or fired.

In his new book, Disgruntled, Daniel S. Levine breaks down the world of work piece by piece. With a sharp sense of humor, straightforward reporting and an inherent distrust for most authority figures, Levine explains the bitter truth about the American work experience. With the grim reality, Levine offers insight, knowledge and resources, turning the book into a how-to fight and survive manual for the American worker.

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Here's what the press has said about DISGRUNTLED
"The Business Magazine For People Who Work For A Living."

"DISGRUNTLED has an anti-corporate edge that makes Dilbert seem like something from the Chamber of Commerce."
-- San Jose Mercury News

"Behind all the silliness, however, are feature articles and resources about workplace issues like sexual harassment and privacy that make this site as useful [as] it is humorous." Four Stars (highest rating)
--- Sympatico NetLife

"Dilbert could learn a thing or two from ol' Grunty."
-- Four stars (Best)
-- Yahoo! Internet Life

"...DISGRUNTLED is pervaded with a mordant sense of humor ... But there is also a no-nonsense aspect to DISGRUNTLED found in features that inform readers on current and ongoing labor issue and a resource list of dozens of organizations addressing various workplace concerns."
-- Newsday

"Many employees could probably improve their morale by a startling amount just by reading this publication for its humorous content. It's a valuable resource for empowering workers, simply by making legal information easily accessible."
-- Ping

"So, I hate my job. You hate your job. We all hate our jobs. Big deal. But for Daniel Levine, work is more than a daily, eight-hour daily annoyance, more than the ultimate four-letter work. It is his pet cause, and the impetus for one of the most successful web cyberzines to come about of late, DISGRUNTLED."
-- Long Island VOICE