The Fall of Albion Bay: a modern satire

by Paul Butler

A laugh out loud modern satire about working amidst relentless red tape, nonstop reforms, and heaps of daft initiatives pouring down from above.

Arnie just wants to work hard.

His new bosses at Albion Bay just want to ‘modernise’.

The result is a disaster.

In this hilarious send up of working in modern Britain, Arnie just needs to get the job done to help win some crucial deals and stay employed. But he is thwarted at every turn by non-stop restructuring, targets, IT systems, outsourcing, daft initiatives, more targets, pointless training courses, the ever growing paper chase, and much more.

And while the conceited bosses are oblivious to the chaos they cause on the ground, Arnie and his co-workers battle on to try to get the job done.

Can they overcome the incompetence of their ‘modernising’ bosses to save the company and their jobs?

“What a send up of our leaders, I laughed out loud.”  –  Secondary school teacher.

“ Hilarious! My working life in a nutshell. The view from the sharp end!”  - Engineer.

“So funny and so true. I see this every day.” – Healthcare worker.

“You just can’t make it too ridiculous anymore, this is why I’d retire tomorrow if I could!” - Housing officer.

172 pages, Paperback

Published September 9, 2022

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