work or play?

I need to ask those elves
if it's all work
or play
and if the pay is adequate
the workplace safe
the bosses sane
so I can 'xplain
the Christmas system
to those eager kids awaking
at the crack of dawn
to my growling yawn
ever wond'ring why that guy
in apple-red pajamas
chose reindeer over llamas

Tested and logical (the puzzle, not the poem)