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FRIDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2017
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
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
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- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
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