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WEDNESDAY, 20 AUGUST 1980
Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending in y, right up until the all-hands where they mention you in the past tense.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- You got the ick because they ran for a bus. You've been single three…
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