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The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff was bad for worse reasons than that; it was also the day Blair found out I had sex with my wife.

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McKinney

Long before Smithee started working at the Company, McKinney scheduled a meeting with me entitled “3D Pornography.” McKinney was the...

How to Avoid Candy Bar Season at Work

Now that people are unwillingly going back to the office, some of the political landmines (we no longer had to navigate working remotely)...

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Jason X

Apr 11, 20233 min

How to Avoid Candy Bar Season at Work

Now that people are unwillingly going back to the office, some of the political landmines (we no longer had to navigate working remotely)...

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Jason X

Mar 2, 20235 min

McKinney

Long before Smithee started working at the Company, McKinney scheduled a meeting with me entitled “3D Pornography.” McKinney was the...

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Jason X

Feb 10, 20238 min

The User Pool - 8. Wheels

The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff, was also the day our department fax machine ran out of toner and Kristy demonstrated how...

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Jason X

Feb 6, 20233 min

Quiet Employment

I've written about quiet quitting, quiet firing, and loud quitting. It's time we discuss quiet employment. If companies can box us out...

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Jason X

Feb 1, 20233 min

how to Lose Your Job in 10 Days

By now, most of us have heard of people "quiet quitting" when they're fed up with their job. So instead of actually quitting, you stick...

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Self-Improvement for the casual Improver

Jason X

Jan 30, 20233 min

Self-Improvement for the casual Improver

What is self-improvement? Usually, it's a response to feedback from those who wish to shame us into submission. Note the "self" in...

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Jason X

Jan 21, 20234 min

Stop Writing Down Your Goals

In the words of Pablo Picasso: Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon...

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Jason X

Jun 15, 20221 min

John Yaya

John Yaya was the least credible person in the Company, but pretended to be the most; that’s all you really need, since perception is...

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Jason X

Jun 15, 20227 min

the user pool - Chapter 6. Weekly Staff

Fessler’s Weekly Staff meeting occurred once a month. There was nothing Fessler hated more than his own weekly staff meeting. Mainly...

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Jason X

Mar 11, 20223 min

The User Pool - 5. Kornfeld

On the day Mulhausen shot the CIO in weekly staff, I ignored Blair until after lunch when she finally decided she didn’t hate me anymore,...

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IT: Centralized vs. Decentralized Services

Jason X

Mar 1, 20223 min

IT: Centralized vs. Decentralized Services

I recently informed the CFO (of the business division I support) that a corporate decision had been made to centralize Engineering and...

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Jason X

Feb 25, 20225 min

Gladstone

A piece in the NTF Collection. You couldn’t ask for a better friend than Gladstone. He was gregarious, jubilant, self-serving, and...

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Jason X

Feb 5, 20226 min

The User Pool - 4. Mulhausen

I know extraordinarily little about the technical aspects of Technology, which is why they put me in charge of it. The amount of...

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Jason X

Feb 5, 20223 min

Conklin

A piece in the NTF Collection. Conklin was my best friend and differed from my other friends at the Company because he was not in IT. He...

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Jason X

Feb 5, 20222 min

Kessler

Part of the NFT Collection. Kessler, who got penguined by Charmaine because Skeffington was too demanding, was the Exchange Manager...

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