Someplace2Write · Work

Working life, and the parts of it nobody minutes.

Meetings, bosses, ambition, career identity, promotion and resignation, office friendships, and the ordinary absurdity of being professional for a living. Written from inside the working week rather than above it.

Long read · 6 min

THE MEETING AFTER THE MEETING

The honest meeting often begins after the official one ends, somewhere near the lift.

Long read · 7 min

I AM VERY GOOD AT A JOB I DON’T PARTICULARLY LIKE

Sometimes the trap isn’t failure. It is becoming extremely good at something you may not want to keep doing.



Short read · 5 min

THE PROMOTION NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT

Promotion looks like recognition from outside and often feels like relocation from within.



Short read · 6 min

MY OFFICE FRIEND IS NOT MY FRIEND. EXCEPT, OF COURSE, THEY ARE.

An organisation chart can accidentally create intimacy; office friends learn versions of us some relatives never meet.



Short read · 5 min

THE RESIGNATION LETTER THAT LIVED IN DRAFTS

Most jobs contain an invisible resignation letter somewhere between fantasy and contingency.

Short read · 5 min

THE DAY I REALISED MY BOSS WAS ALSO MAKING IT UP

The unnerving discovery that the person senior to you may also say, “I don’t know. Let’s figure it out.”