S2.6 Holiday Bonus

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July 12, 2026 · 17 min

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A well-intentioned bonus by a department manager leads to chaos in the workplace.

S2.6 Holiday Bonus A well-intentioned bonus by a department manager leads to chaos in the workplace. Written by Russell Richardson ( https://www.russellrichardson.org ) Narrated by Justin Fife ( https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife ) Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors ( https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com ) With music by Boom Library ( https://www.boomlibrary.com/ ) And Dark Fantasy Studio ( http://darkfantasystudio.com/ ) And Thom Robson ( https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/ ) And sound effects provided by Freesound.org The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes ( https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/ ) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer. Jasmine Arch manages our community. Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos. And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors. For more information about Russell Richardson’s work, head to https://www.russellrichardson.org Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a…

People in this episode

Host: Hawk & Cleaver

Guest: Justin Fife

Topics covered

workplace chaos
holiday bonus
management
fiction
drama

Keywords

holiday bonus
workplace chaos
fiction
drama
Russell Richardson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boom Library, Dark Fantasy Studio, Freesound.org