Roses are Red Money is Green

Written by pef, read by Lester Handley.

Managerial behaviour is a frequent theme of WorkInWords and the organisational poetry it publishes. Why is that do you think? What's your manager like?

Rose are Red Money is Green Roses are red, money is green. Why are managers often not on the scene, When I do the work and they take the perk?

Roses are red, money is green. Why are managers so prone to preen, While they strut and they stride with false smiles a mile wide?

Roses are red, money is green. Why are managers keen to be seen, By their bosses so high, their head’s in the sky?

Roses are red, money is green. Why are managers sometimes just mean, To me and my team when all we are doing is oh so routine? pef, 2020

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(Derived from title to an article*)

* Roses Are Red, Money Is Green: A Resource Review of What Poetry Brings to Business. Reviewed by: Carolyn M. Plump, La Salle University, USA; and William Van Buskirk, La Salle University, USA

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