Employee Lifecycle

Memo #35: Overtime

A "time" poem a week post daylight savings

Mar 16 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #30: a poem is an office tower

poems as dwelling: a pastiche to Bukowski's poem, "a poem is a city"

Feb 2 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #18: To Be of Use

P.S. Jan. 13th was "Poetry at Work Day"

Jan 16 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #24: Bonus Season

and a wish for a little more lagniappe

Dec 22, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #21: Spans of Control

and the Wandering Albatross

Dec 1, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #20: (Seat) At The Table

a favorite Thanksgiving poem

Nov 24, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #18: Soft Skills

Key (Poetic) Indicators on the eve of the "agentic age"

Nov 10, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #14: Quiet Quitting

antidote: balancing relationships & results

Oct 24, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #12: Shit Sandwich

a.k.a "walking the wheel", a poetic lesson in giving constructive feedback

Oct 3, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #12: The Job Rec

Recruiting our heroes; plus a memo on the hero's journey vs. the carrier bag theory

Sep 29, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #8: Résumés on Labor Day

The first poem about work? Thank you, Leonardo.

Sep 1, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #7: The Book of Jobs - and the poem that started it all

The Book of Jobs, launching Labor Day

Aug 25, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts