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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 9 JANUARY 1956
Your company's core values are printed on the wall.
So nobody has to have them.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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