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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER 1984
You call it "quiet quitting".
Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody can tell the difference. That's the bad news.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- The weekend is two days long. Monday is nine emotional days long, and you're…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
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