Hired: Six Months Undercover In Low-Wage Britain

For many in modern Britain, careers are low-paid and high-risk, a series of short-term jobs with no security and little future. In this essential exposé, James Bloodworth goes undercover to investigate how working life has become a waking nightmare. From the Orwellian reach of an Amazon warehouse to the trials of a care worker, Hired is a clear-eyed analysis of a divided nation and a riveting dispatch from the very frontline of low-wage Britain.

Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain

Journalist James Bloodworth worked undercover at an Amazon warehouse in England for three and a half weeks in 2016. In his book "Hired: Six months undercover in low-wage Britain," to be published in the U.S. in June, he set out to investigate the reality of Britain's low-wage work, which -- like in the U.S. -- has replaced disappearing manufacturing and mining jobs. Bloodworth also did stints at as a home care worker, an insurance salesman and as an Uber driver. 041b061a72