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SUNDAY, 8 AUGUST 1982
Your squad misses you, says the notification.
Your squad is four strangers and a retention dashboard.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
- You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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