Since meetings have all been cancelled Monday, and my kids will be in school, I’m going to blast some music and try to stay positive while refreshing / sync my email awaiting an invite/email, and watching for a Teams IM. Maybe I’ll update my play list. Any good theme songs to listen to? I was thinking Hallelujah and Another One Bites the Dust. Perhaps Freedom?! Sigh. In reality this really stinks. I wanted to work here. I did my best. If I am shown the door then you bet I’m gonna hustle…to find a job quickly and help my colleagues impacted find roles too. Bring on the music!
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9 to 5 by Dolly Parton sums it up for me
Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Yawnin' and stretchin' and try to come to life
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the streets, the traffic starts jumpin'
With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5
Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living
Barely gettin' by, it's all taking and no giving
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would think that I would deserve a fair promotion
Want to move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
Mmmmm...
They let you dream just to watch them shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder
But you got dreams he'll never take away
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waiting for the day your ship will come in
And the tide's gonna turn an' it's all gonna roll you away
Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living
Barely gettin' by, it's all taking and no giving
They just use your mind and you never get the credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There's a better life and you think about it don't you
It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it
And you spend your life putting money in his wallet
Already gone. Take this job and shove it. I ain't working here no more. This manic Monday. I can see clearly now. All by myself. Who's zoomin' who?
Work from home-fifth harmony. Also chat GPT suggested:
1. “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” – Pet Shop Boys
Corporate greed and empty promises dressed up in upbeat synth-pop — perfect for “reimagined” buzzwords.
2. “Career Opportunities” – The Clash
Punk bite at meaningless, dead-end work and hollow job promises. Feels like the soundtrack to forced reassignments.
3. “Working for the Man” – Roy Orbison
Classic tune about grinding away for someone else’s profit while your own fate is uncertain.
4. “Big Business” – David Byrne
Eccentric, sarcastic, and anxious — exactly the tone of consultants dropping “enterprise reimagined” while jobs vanish.
5. “She Works Hard for the Money” – Donna Summer
On the surface it’s disco, but lyrically it mirrors the stress of giving everything to a company that gives little back.
Im thinking "We didn't start the fire" would be appropriate for our situation right now lol