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WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2026
Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years.
He has, however, given out about forty.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- “Just one more game” of FIFA was the most dishonest sentence in the English…
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