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MONDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019
The return to office is completely optional.
So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet there you are, ranked 41st. They're "reviewing" 41st.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You said "that's so me" about a horoscope. It also described 600 million other…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Beach body ready? The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't…
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