I am looking for a satirical book that was published in the UK before 1983 and written by a British writer.
The book was about people working in small city that had one big employer or factory. Many Many young employees were late to work or missed their shifts. The
The company hired a sociologist to resolve the issue. This This man had a deformed shoulder or a hump on the back and looked like a small and cynical devil. He He did not try to resolve the problem. Instead, he advised the employees to continue their slackslacking behavior probably, probably because of job security. This
This book represents a period when the private companies started to hire the sociologists.
My search for the book in Google was not successful.