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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 1989
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
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