The Dead End Desk Survival Guide — (burnout, toxic colleagues, and surviving work)

The Dead End Desk Survival Guide

You hate your job. You know it.Your Sunday evenings know it. The 2am Google search "should I quit my job" definitely knows it. What you want to know, is how to survive the misery that is your office. What you need, is the Dead End Desk Survival Guide.

Darkly funny. Incredibly relatable. 233 pages of tips and tricks on how to survive stress,burnout, toxic bosses, and that co-worker you want to thump with a bag of carrots.

No jargon. No corporate wellness nonsense.

It's not written by a doctor. It's not written by a therapist. It's not written by a life coach with a podcast and a ring light. It's written by someone who has hidden in a toilet cubicle at work, not because they needed the toilet, but because it was the only room in the building where nobody could ask them for anything. Also who may or may not enjoy the smell of urine....

If you've ever stared at the ceiling at 3am thinking about emails, or said "I'm fine" so many times the words stopped meaning anything — this book was written for you.

Even if you don't need a single tool from this book, it's worth reading for the stories alone:

"Ten minutes in, someone shared their screen. It was the wrong screen. We all saw three tabs: their personal email, a Rightmove listing for a two-bed in Northumberland, and briefly, a Facebook Marketplace conversation about some Doctor Who bed sheets. The screen was unshared. Nobody acknowledged it. We moved on. But we all knew."

And behind the comedy, there are 41 actual tools that actually work.Real tactics you can use on a Monday morning when the alarm goes off and your stomach drops:

• How to measure your burnout when it feels unmeasurable
• How to deal with toxic coworkers without losing your job or your mind
• How to set boundaries without saying "no" (and without saying "yes")
• How to conquer working from home
• How to decide whether to quit using four questions instead of 3am panic
• How to survive your notice period, your recovery, and your next job
• How to make sure you never end up here again

The book you never knew you needed, the book your employer wants to destroy

What you'll get: Instant PDF download. Reads on any device.