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You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Step outside your comfort zone. It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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