Escape from Serfdom: Master the Dark Arts of Corporate Warfare to Achieve Financial Independence

Escape from Serfdom is a sharp, subversive guide for those trapped in the corporate gulag but seeking to make a rapid escape. Equal parts manifesto and manual, this book does not deal in affirmative, banal platitudes about work-life balance and finding meaning in work: it hands you the access card to the executive suite and shows you how to weaponize the system against itself.
Cutting wit, humorous real-life anecdotes from the boardroom, and plentiful statistical evidence come together to expose the ugly truths and hypocrisy of the modern workplace, where loyalty is abused, burnout monetized and mediocrity prized over merit. But instead of despair, this book offers an escape hatch and concrete, tangible strategies to get there.
You'll learn:
- How to build power in a bureaucracy without being crushed by its weight
- Ways to spot and neutralize corporate predators
- The art of playing dumb while slowly gathering influence
- Cunning ways to siphon off resources to fund your exit
Whether you're a fresh-faced new kid on the block, an up-and-coming middle manager or a veteran with long-cherished dreams of independence, this book gives you tools to turn yourself into your greatest asset and the corporate ladder into a springboard to freedom. It is not a feel-good exercise in magical thinking, but a field manual for those willing to fight smart, if not necessarily fair. Because freedom is never given freely. It must be seized.