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TUESDAY, 29 MARCH 1960
Your company's core values are printed on the wall.
So nobody has to have them.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- A full review is ongoing. Ongoing is a very comfortable place for a review…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
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