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Work Words

Work Words

By: John McKinstry
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Summary

 Welcome to Work Words, a fortnightly poetry podcast. Poetry can be found anywhere and the inspiration for the poems in this podcast is taken from the world of work – specifically the offices and call centres so many of us call home. Join me for poems about things that most office and call centre workers will be all too familiar with – including such things as team building days, good (and also terrible) managers, what it’s like to work in sales, the horrible impact of redundancy and the perils of recruiting the wrong person or blaming everything that goes wrong on the training.Copyright 2026 John McKinstry Art Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Ep 26 - Representing the company

    Ep 26 - Representing the company
    May 11 2026

    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

    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
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    12 mins
  • Ep 25 - Must be the training that's to blame

    Ep 25 - Must be the training that's to blame
    Apr 20 2026

    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

    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
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    7 mins
  • Ep 24 - Ridden roughshod

    Ep 24 - Ridden roughshod
    Apr 13 2026

    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
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    12 mins
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