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FRIDAY, 28 MARCH 2008
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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- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
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