'Jana Costas' book is a much needed and excellent account of everyday working lives in the continuous re-making of the city of Berlin. Costas writes with nuance and attention to detail about cleaning as a process involving much more than simply cleaning perceptions of work, dirt, and dignity.' Christina Garsten, Professor of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University

Vorwort
Explores the hidden underworld of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, where cleaners seek dignity through work yet find it elusive.

Autorentext
Jana Costas is Chair of People, Work & Management at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. She is the co-author of Secrecy at Work: The Hidden Architecture of Organizational Life (2016). Awards include the European Union Marie Curie Fellowship and the Best-Critical-Paper Award 2020 of the Academy of Management.

Inhalt

1. The corporate micro-city Potsdamer Platz: Cleaners' presence from below; 2. Characters from the corporate underworld: Alex, Ali, Luisa, and Marcel; 3. From feces to flowers: The sweat, shame, disgust, pride and fun of working with dirt; 4. Separate in the same boat: Others and allies among cleaners; 5. When worlds collide: Cleaners at work in the upperworld; 6. 'Back to the dark side': Cleaners' tactics against surveillance; 7. Leaving the minus area behind; Postscript; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.