A work-from-home, comic tour-de-force that takes place entirely in a
PR firm's Slack channels--a strange digital landscape where an employee
claims to be literally trapped inside. For fans of Office Space, Then We Came to the End and Severance. And anyone who has ever struggled with an emoticon.
Gerald,
a mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm, has
been uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels--at least his
consciousness has. His colleagues assume it's just an elaborate ploy to
exploit their lax work-from-home policy, but now that his productivity
is through the roof, they are only too happy to indulge him.
Disembodied and alarmed by the looming abyss of an eternity on-line,
Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to find out what happened to his
body and help him escape. As Gerald plunges deeper into the surprisingly
expansive Slack landscape, he finds a unlikely ally in Slackbot,
Slack's AI assistant, who helps him navigate his new digital reality.
Meanwhile, the team's real-world problems are in danger of snowballing
out of control. Top client Bjärk dog food might be poisoning Pomeranians
across the country; someone is sabotaging the boss's office furniture;
Tripp and Beverly are breaking the unspoken rule against office
romances; and the incessant howling of wild dogs is starting to drive
Lydia insane. Also: Why is Slackbot so interested in Gerald? And what in
the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean?
Hilarious, irreverent, and wholly original, Calvin Kasulke's Several People Are Typing is a satire of both corporate and contemporary life, and a perfect antidote to the way we live now.
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