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SUNDAY, 14 MAY 2017
You "don't do small talk".
You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails or replying. You do "vibes", and nobody can invoice those.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
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- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
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