It's sociology so I don't know if you'll want to read the entire book, but it started with a press article with a similar title by the same author. I think it made the buzz when it was published so it shouldn't be too hard to find ^^
Yes I meant Severance ! OMG I need to spend some time away from screens and rest my brain.
I did love your dialogues and the game's lore. I had a lot of fun with your game until I came to that phase ! I also had difficulty-balancing issues in my game (it's a platformer with metroidvania vibes and people really get lost/die too often). It's very difficult to balance gameplay in such a short time - and it's probably even more true for incremental games.