Your Workplace is Scary, and not Just on Halloween Night

Your workplace is scary. Picture by Freya Clark

It is Halloween, my friends, and the ghouls are about,

the children are dressed up and the treats are all out.

You sit by your front door, handing out little treats,

wishing that if only your workplace was so sweet.

But your workplace is scary.

It really is.

And not only on Halloween, but on every day in between.

First is your boss, a frightening fellow, who bellows at your coworkers and bullies your friends.

You keep your mouth shut, hoping he won’t see

the terror that always provokes his glee.

Your workplace is scary.

It really is.

And not only on Halloween, but on every day in between.

Next is the grim reaper, a nebulous guy, who hangs over your workplace, ready with his scythe.

Your friends have been cut,

Victims of fear

Worries that the organization won’t survive the next year.

Your workplace is scary.

It really is.

And not only on Halloween, but on every day in between.

The ghosts are all out, but nobody sees, the guy with his hand slipping up your knee.

You tell your boss. You tell the H.R.

They tell you you’re dramatic, you’re lying, you’re weak.

Your workplace is scary.

It really is.

And not only on Halloween, but on every day in between.

So you scream and you scream

but your scream is on silent

You look like a pumpkin that has been carved with a grin.

When your workplace is fearful

When there are bad people galore

You seek out a leader who can help you explore

the contours of courage, of hope, and of change.

Respect is restored, when we say more than its name.

Your workplace is scary

I know that it is

But maybe tomorrow will bring a new way

So hand out the candy and enjoy the night

Because tomorrow we are bringing hope to the fight

Debbie S. Dougherty is a professor, author, consultant, farmer, and occasionally a poet of questionable merit.

Freya Clark is a gifted child artist who raises rabbits and plays sports.

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