If you have problems with your manager(s) at work, read Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb and you will be happy your boss isn't Mori-san or Omochi-san. This is a true account Nothomb's move from Belgium to Japan to work for the Yumimoto Corporation. Her immediate supervisor, Mori Fubuki, is bitter when Nothomb is given an assignment that Mori-san feels is to good for our heroine. Mori-san then proceeds to make Nothomb's life a living hell by giving her the worst assignments she can think of. Nothomb spends several months cleaning toilets, even though she is supposed to be working for the import-export division.
This book catalogs the humiliation the author endures for an entire year with the company. I had a horrible boss at the end of my career with The Callos Companies, but it was nothing like this. While this book may not make you like your supervisor more, you just might appreciate that he or she could be much, much worse.
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