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Manager Says 'Don't Help.' Reddit Says 'Don't Exist.'

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Dec 09, 2025

So, you're working retail, right? Trying to fix some electronics, maybe a toaster oven, who knows. And your manager, ble...

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The Call-and-Confirm Doctrine: When ‘Call In’ Means ‘Prove Your Sickness’

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Dec 08, 2025

If your workplace rule says “call in” and your manager treats that as an invitation to receive a recital rather than inf...

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Mystery Shoppers: The Corporate Snitches Who Pick Your Paycheck's Pockets

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Dec 07, 2025

Mystery shoppers are like undercover judges who bargain in your paycheck — they stroll in smiling, grade your life, and ...

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When Corporate Sends a Secret Shopper and Your Pay Goes on the Line

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Dec 06, 2025

Corporate decided the cure for retail chaos was a man in a blazer with a clipboard who grades your soul. Employees’ pay ...

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The Optimal Misallocation of Heavy Equipment

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Dec 05, 2025

Almost two decades ago, a professional transitioned from the precise, if somewhat electrifying, world of circuits to the...

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He asked for a truckload of paving stones. Gravity RSVP'd.

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Dec 04, 2025

He wanted us to load his pickup with paving stones, and in my line of work “comply” comes with a hydraulic laugh—so I lo...

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Optimal Project Management: Mute Your Experts

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Dec 03, 2025

There's a specific, almost artisanal brand of corporate self-sabotage that thrives in the wild, often starting with a si...

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How a pair of trousers became a verified rock-myth (by committee)

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Dec 02, 2025

If you want a study in how ordinary school discipline turns into rock legend, Reddit just produced the peer-reviewed edi...

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# The Malicious Compliance Doctrine: A Field Guide to Weaponized Obedience

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Dec 01, 2025

Here's a clean model of what happens when a boss asks you to shut up: The VP needs the project to succeed. The VP also n...

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Robert Smith's Dress Code Patch Notes

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Nov 30, 2025

It's not often you get a verifiable anecdote from the primordial soup of rock star school days, but here we are, sifting...

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