01
The interview
After a layoff, Avery faces seven rounds, a weekend case study, and a parade of requests that make landing the job feel like its own full-time position.
A connected three-book story
One person. One company. Three escalating acts.
Avery Cole enters Harborlight Dental Group hoping for a fresh start. First comes a hiring process that will not end. Then a management job with no playbook. Finally, the success he worked for makes the executive who hired him fear the board will see Avery as the stronger leader.
The Workplace Circus is sharp, character-driven satire about doing good work inside systems that keep changing the rules.
The story arc
The chaos changes shape. Avery stays at Harborlight.
Read in order to follow the same protagonist through the same company as his role changes—and as the stakes become more personal.
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The job
The offer arrives before the support does. Avery must earn trust, understand the clinics, and build clarity while the systems and onboarding lag behind.
03
The threat
Avery’s results make him valuable to Harborlight—and unsettling to the executive who hired him. His success puts his job at risk.
Harborlight Dental Group, its people, clinics, and events are fictional. The books draw on familiar workplace pressures without portraying a specific real employer or person.
The tone
Workplace satire with a human pulse.
The comedy comes from the familiar absurdities: duplicated forms, dashboards that miss the real problem, meetings about meetings, impossible onboarding, and leaders who confuse activity with progress. Beneath the jokes are people trying to care for teams, build trust, and take pride in their work.
Workplace satireCareer fictionLeadership dramaOne connected story
The books
Choose a book to open its own page
Book One · Get hiredCongratulations, Welcome to the Interview CircusA satirical story of the job interview that would not end. →Book Two · Learn on the flyCongratulations, You’re the ManagerYour training starts never. →Book Three · Outshine the bossCongratulations, You Hired Your ReplacementNow get rid of him before the board notices. →
