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TUESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 1966
Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy.
The company did the maths on your guilt, and the maths was right.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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