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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 1963
You're not a CEO.
You're one person with a logo, a free email account and nobody to blame.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
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