The poem in this episode – “Not on his to-do list” – is one of several poems featured in Work Words Volume 2 which looks at the way we try to balance our time and energy between the work place and our personal lives

The poem in this episode “Take a picture” looks at teams – great teams! – and the reality that even the best teams we are lucky enough to become a part of are unlikely to last forever…

The poem in this episode “Shipping” is about so-called harmless fun and how it can sometimes lead to rather more serious consequences for those who it is aimed at than may have been intended…

The poem in this episode “Paper jam” is about how we can sometimes drift into people pleasing – with this starting with small things like fixing a paper jam left for us by someone else – and the bad feelings this can slowly but surely create…

The poem in this episode – “I need to see all your smiling faces” – is about the push by some companies to get their staff back into the physical office instead of working more flexibly from home…

The poem in this episode – “Cogs” – looks at the ways we have of thinking about things and in particular how it can be easy to view work and the people in the office as nothing more than cogs in the machine and the possible consequences of doing so…

The poem in this episode – “Your call is important to us” – offers a glimpse into call centre life and reminds us that while companies may wish to project the notion that we will always have the same experience with them that this may not in fact be the case…

Content warning - Bereavement

The poem for this episode is “Representing the company” – a look at the tradition of a company sending one or two staff along to a funeral to represent the company and support the staff member who suffered a bereavement

Music

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Work Words – Poems about the world of work and life in the office

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The Pressure Cooker – A solo journaling game about toxic workplaces, office politics and the price of success

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515353/the-pressure-cooker-fate-awaits-solo-journaling?src=newest_recent

The poem for this episode is “Must be the training that’s to blame” – a heartfelt plea not to use the training team as convenient scapegoats

Music

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Work Words – Poems about the world of work and life in the office

https://amzn.eu/d/etSDojJ

The Pressure Cooker – A solo journaling game about toxic workplaces, office politics and the price of success

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515353/the-pressure-cooker-fate-awaits-solo-journaling?src=newest_recent

The poem for this episode is “Ridden roughshod” where a new manager makes some terrible choices which end up turning his team against him…

Music

https://www.purple-planet.com

Work Words – Poems about the world of work and life in the office

https://amzn.eu/d/etSDojJ

The Pressure Cooker – A solo journaling game about toxic workplaces, office politics and the price of success

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/515353/the-pressure-cooker-fate-awaits-solo-journaling?src=newest_recent