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Max Barry, né le 18 mars 1973 en Australie, est un écrivain australien vivant à Melbourne. Il est l'auteur du roman Soda & Cie en 1999 sous le nom de Maxx Barry, et de Jennifer Gouvernement en 2003. Il est aussi le créateur de Nationstates, un jeu en ligne basé sur son roman Jennifer Gouvernment. Son troisième roman, Company, est sorti aux États-Unis le 17 janvier 2006. Wikipedia  

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“Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.”

Max Barry livre Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 51, page 190

“John here," the other John said, "pioneered the concept of marketing by refusing to sell any products. It drives the market insane.”

Max Barry livre Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 1, page 4

“What’s not fair is that our society rewards selfishness. That’s not fair.”

Max Barry livre Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 5, “Wal-Mart” (p. 18)

“What if we could make the company better? If we could change things…make it a better place to work. I mean, there are so many things we could do.”

Max Barry livre Company

Holly looks at him blankly. Freddy says, “Jones…you’re still new here People suggest ways to improve the company every day. Their ideas go into the suggestion box in the cafeteria—where the cafeteria was, I mean—and they’re never heard from again, except during all-staff meetings when Senior Management picks out the most useless one and announces a cross-functional team to look into it. A year or two later, when everyone’s forgotten about it, we get an e-mail announcing the implementation of something that bears no resemblance to the initial idea and usually has the opposite effect, and in the annual reports this is used as evidence that the company listens and reacts to its workers. That’s what happens when you try to make Zephyr a better place to work.”
Q4/2: November, pp. 208-209
Company (2006)

“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”

Max Barry livre Company

Source: Company (2006), p. 112

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