The compulsory staff workshop

Citation

Parker, L.D. (2020), "The compulsory staff workshop", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 284-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-01-2020-069

We’re being fed porridge.

A serve every hour.

I guess it’s good for us,

Or that’s what they say.

And I think I believe them

As we grind through the day.

But who’s being empowered here?

The generals or troops?

And what’s the agenda?

Whose purpose is served?

I’m getting that feeling

We haven’t been heard.

Still, we got some free lunches

And the coffee’s OK.

Snuck in some emails

And texted some mates

While looking attentive

As if pulling my weight.

Soon we’ll be out of here,

The workshop long gone,

The lessons unlearned

And memories forgotten.

Three cheers for our freedom.

Porridge gone rotten!