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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 2025
You are a valued member of the team.
So was the last person in your chair. Nobody knows where she went.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
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