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

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 “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

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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 “Two hours to go” which looks at the ethical dilemma of a salesperson in a toxic workplace faced with being under target and having just two hours to turn things around…

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

The poem for this episode is “Mr Rock Star” which turns the spotlight on that person who tells the world that their job is (unlike those of most office or call centre workers) wonderfully glamourous! There are however, several things this person isn’t telling us…

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