Sometimes even an obviously self-serving study by a corporation can be helpful. The e-book "The 9 Levels of Enterprise Work Hell" fits into this category. The Utah company behind this e-book, AtTask, sells work management tools for business teams, and much of the "advice" contained in the book involves getting the right work management tools for business teams.

Yet the e-book is cleverly designed and written, with lots of spooky graphics and gothic images and typeface. The data was derived from 1,000 survey responses, so it's not a bad sample, either. And, most of all, AtTask has found a fun way to deliver serious information about those things that irritate people most.

Fast Company also pulled together a fine synopsis on this, interviewing AtTask Chief Marketing Officer Bryan Nielson, whose quotes are included here. And now, without further ado, here are AtTask's workplace equivalents of Dante's levels (or, to be accurate, circles) of hell:

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.