In Lifetime Employment , Kemske mixes wry humor with a few good twists of suspense to make a refreshing concoction of corperate satire. The story of Growth Service, Inc. is told throught the eyes of Gene, an assistant manager who has given up hope of ever doing what it takes to get ahead. Gene becomes part of plots he doesn't understand. Each of them needs Gene to carry through her plan.
Gene has no friends, no family, and no close ties inside the company.
His life is as out of control as his company, and both are as comic as they are tragic. It is the first of a series of corperate nightmares featuring different protagonists and different sorts of companies. Between eight and the lower floors, the elevator made four stops. Dark suits got on, dark suits got off. With two floors left to go, Faith and Gene finally found themselves alone in the elevator.