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Malled (Paperback)
Caitlin Kelly
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One woman's midcareer misadventures in the absurd world of American
retail.
After losing her job as a journalist and the security of a good
salary, Caitlin Kelly was hard up for cash. When she saw that The
North Face-an upscale outdoor clothing company-was hiring at her
local mall, she went for an interview almost on a whim.
Suddenly she found herself, middle-aged and mid-career, thrown
headfirst into the bizarre alternate reality of the American mall:
a world of low-wage workers selling overpriced goods to well-to-do
customers. At first, Kelly found her part-time job fun and
reaffirming, a way to maintain her sanity and sense of self-worth.
But she describes how the unexpected physical pressures, the
unreasonable dictates of a remote corporate bureaucracy, and the
dead-end career path eventually took their toll. As she struggled
through more than two years at the mall, despite surgeries,
customer abuse, and corporate inanity, Kelly gained a deeper
understanding of the plight of the retail worker.
In the tradition of "Nickel and Dimed, Malled" challenges our
assumptions about the world of retail, documenting one woman's
struggle to find meaningful work in a broken system.
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