Don’t Fence Me In

by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting

With sincerest apologies to Cole Porter, I did my best to express in song my frustration with bosses who like to play binocular soccer.

Where Porter praises wide open spaces and freedom from fences, I plead with employers to, “Just turn me loose, let me do what I was hired to.” The song and lyrics are available here Don’t Fence Me In.

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