Book: "Escape from Corporate America"
From the back covers: "Does your corporate career leave you stressed out, burned out, or just plain burned out? You're not alone. There good news is that there's a way out."
Author, Pamela Skillings, talked about how after 12 years of climbing the corporate ladder to VP, she was burned out and escaped from corporate America to start her own company. This book talks about both the bad side of corporate as in Chapter 2 "The Trouble with the Rat Race" as well as the good side of corporate as in Chapter 5 "Corporate Jobs that Don't Suck".
But if you do decide to escape corporate, there are advice in the various directions that one can go. For example, chapter 6 "Take a Break" talks about part-time, telecommutingk, and leaves of absensces. Chapter 7 "Swim in a Smaller Pond" talks about working in a start-up. Chapter 8 "Going Solo" talks about becoming self-employed and freelancing. Chapter 9 talks about building a business. And more other chapters.
Interspersed throughout the book are inspirational stories of those who have escaped from corporate America. On page 209 is one such story of Marie Elena who says "Having your own business is probably the most secure thing that you can do because no one is going to watch out for your best interests better than you are."
