Review posted by Glenn Perrett on Metroland Media’s 20 plus news sites on October 29, 2024.
The War on Sarah Morris” is a sobering look at how many corporate jobs have changed.
By Legacy Book Press photo
- Kathleen Jones
- Legacy Book Press
- 2024, 237 pages
- ISBN: 9798987482346
Sarah Morris is a middle-aged, experienced editor for the book publisher Quill Pen Press and she has been for more than 20 years. When her company is reorganized in an attempt to deal with a poor economy, Sarah’s job changes considerably. While she still has her job title and salary, she no longer edits books. That rewarding, satisfying responsibility has been given mostly to freelance editors.
For Sarah, losing her editing work is a big blow, but it is made even worse when her former editing responsibilities are replaced with “mind-numbing work” — and lots of it. In fact, Sarah is now doing the work of three people and she is not paid for the considerable overtime she has to do to meet her unreasonable workload.
Having her reasonable amount of satisfying work replaced by an unreasonable amount of boring, tedious assignments is not Sarah’s only problem. Sarah’s bosses are now bullying her. And the terrible treatment that she receives is not unique to her situation as older, loyal colleagues are losing their jobs to younger, less expensive employees. And this is also happening throughout the corporate world making getting a new job for an older, experienced person very difficult. Outsourcing work to freelancers who aren’t provided with pensions, dental plans and other benefits is another corporate strategy to increase revenue.
“The War on Sarah Morris” is not only a sobering look at how many corporate jobs have changed — and not for the better — but it is also an entertaining novel where you find yourself cheering for Sarah whose career has been decimated by corporate greed and bullies disguised as managers.
Kathleen Jones, The Quirky Novelist 