The original demo for "Welcome to the Working Week" has been appeared on subsequent Costello releases, including the deluxe edition of My Aim Is True and the 2007 compilation album Rock and Roll Music.
"Welcome to the Working Week" has seen critical acclaim since its release and has been praised as a great opening song for the My Aim Is True album.
[8] High Fidelity wrote, "'Welcome to the Working Week', which opens the album, may carry a scathing contempt for middle-class verities, but it rocks like crazy and even manages to kid Costello's own imminent celebrity.
AllMusic praised it as a "compact pop gem"[10] while Pitchfork stated, "The brief kick in the balls of the opening track, 'Welcome to the Working Week,' is perhaps the album's perfect mission statement.
"[11] Billboard ranked it as the third best song on the album, calling it "smart-aleck pub-rock with crunchy guitars, clapping drums and Girl Group-style doo-doos and wah-wahs to accompany Costello's barbs about the ol' 9 to 5.