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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending in y, right up until the all-hands where they mention you in the past tense.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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