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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2016
Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once.
They'll merge. You'll be the one let go.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You have 2,000 followers and nobody to help you move. Your audience is very…
- You typed "speak to an agent" nine times. The bot sent you a help…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
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