Bonjour paresse

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Bonjour Laziness
AuthorCorinne Maier
Original titleBonjour paresse
TranslatorDavid Watson, Sophie Hawkes
LanguageFrench
PublisherEditions Michalon
Publication date
2004
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
2005
PagesApprox. 144

Bonjour paresse (Hello Laziness) is the title of an international bestseller by Corinne Maier, a French writer, psychoanalyst, and economist. The book is a highly cynical and humorous critique of work and contemporary French corporate culture (epitomized for Maier by the middle manager) that advocates various ways of undermining the system. Maier advocates that it is in the reader's best interest to work as little as possible.[1] The title is a reference to Françoise Sagan's novel Bonjour Tristesse. It is variously subtitled Jumping Off the Corporate Ladder, or Why Hard Work Doesn’t Pay depending on the edition. Because of their similar attitudes towards the workplace, Maier has been frequently compared to Dilbert creator Scott Adams.

Maier was subjected to a disciplinary hearing on 17 August 2004 by her employer, Électricité de France, for the writing and publication of Bonjour Paresse. The French newspaper Le Monde ran a front page article about the dispute at the end of July 2004, which did much to publicize the work.

English translations

Bonjour Paresse has been translated by David Watson (as Hello Laziness) for The Orion Publishing Group Ltd in the United Kingdom, and in the United States by Sophie Hawkes (as Bonjour Laziness) for Random House.

References

  1. ^ "Bonjour Laziness". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  • Maier, Corinne (2005). Hello Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay. Trans. David Watson. London: Orion. ISBN 0-7528-7186-2.
  • Maier, Corinne (2005). Bonjour Laziness: Jumping Off the Corporate Ladder. Trans. Sophie Hawkes. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 0-375-42373-7.