Kicking off year 8 at WORK is Carl Wade Thompson, PhD and survivor of soul-crushing employment.

Get over it. Melissa Gish is way past feeling the chip on her shoulder.

Today marks the end of year 7 at WORK. She doesn't care. We don't care. You don't care. Just keep reading, okay? That's all we ask. Year 8 kicks off next Monday! Come on back, ya'll. Ya hear?

A conviction is born via Gene Twaronite's poem.

He knows the grind. Repeat WORKer, Bradford Middleton, gives you 3 poems.

Read his excellent pieces from 2014 and 2015.