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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 1996
Dress for the job you want.
The job you have will see you in at nine, in a lanyard, until retirement or restructure. Bet on restructure.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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