Weekend Reads: “The Temps”

The Temps by Andrew DeYoung
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A clever look at modern office life in the tech world, as seen through the eyes of temporary employees facing awful circumstances.

If you’ve ever been a temp or a contractor, you know that your work is vital to the function of the organization … but you’re also an outsider. Events, all-hands, and the like? You can’t go. And that’s how this book starts. The temps are excluded from an outdoor all-hands … and then there’s a chemical weapons attack that has horrific effects on those outside.

The only survivors are the temps. One guy, Jacob, hasn’t even been through an orientation, so he’s not sure what Delphi does, but he’s determined to find out. Brent, who was a manager in one of the food courts, sets himself up as leader overseeing the supplies. Swati just wants to keep teaching yoga. And pretty soon, there are conflicts all over the place.

There are some seriously unexpected turns in this post-apocalyptic tale. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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