Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work
Sarah Wynn-Williams
The instant Sunday Times bestseller
No. 1 New York Times bestseller
‘How else to put this? Bloody hell’ The Guardian
‘Devastating . . . Funny . . . Highly enjoyable’ The Times
‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ Financial Times
‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ Marina Hyde
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different.
From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, Careless People exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams rubs shoulders with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and world leaders, revealing what really goes on among the global elite – and the consequences this has for all of us.
Candid and entertaining, this is an intimate memoir set amid powerful forces. As all our lives are upended by technology and those who control it, Careless People will change how you see the world.
‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations’ The Times
‘Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world’ The New York Times
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Reviews for Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work
The New York Times Devastating . . . Wynn-Williams is a sharp and funny writer . . . a highly enjoyable read — a Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations
The Times Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome
Financial Times Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him
Marina Hyde, The Guardian A shocking, darkly funny and highly critical exposé
The Sunday Times A morality tale for our times . . . How else to put this? – bloody hell
The Guardian Staggering . . . spectacular
The Irish Times Urgently necessary reading
Elizabeth Day Well-written, funny, horrifying, and quite compelling. I was on the edge of my seat, turning pages as fast as I could and ended up reading the book in less than a day. I cackled. I gasped. I laughed. I cringed. I cackled some more. I cringed some more
Roxanne Gay Wynn-Williams writes with the kind of precise fury that can only come from someone who's been inside the beast
Jake Adelstein, journalist and author of Tokyo Vice Unbelievable and necessary . . . wonderfully written, propulsive, novelistic and laugh-out-loud at times
Maria Semple, bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette Jaw-dropping . . . It's a story that will fire you up, and make you want to fight back
Glamour A well-written bombshell
Jonathan Haidt, bestselling author of The Anxious Generation