Mous
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I was told: be a team player, smile through the misery, and success will follow. Sixteen years later… still refreshing LinkedIn.
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Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
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The backers of the Enhanced Games have snagged a $1.2 billion value after their SPAC deal. That seems pretty pumped up for such a risky concept (via Bloomberg Opinion)
MAGA Billionaires Can't Get Enough Testosterone
Encouraging people to use performance-enhancing drugs to break world records — the core idea behind the Enhanced Games, aka the “Steroid Olympics” — already gave me pause. Now its billionaire backers say they’ll offer testosterone to ordinary folks, not just athletes, as part of their plan to take their events-slash-telemedicine company public via a special-purpose acquisition company. That makes me even warier.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The backers of the Enhanced Games have snagged a $1.2 billion value after their SPAC deal. That seems pretty pumped up for such a risky concept (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In corporate, relationships are transactional. Useful = “best friend.” Not useful = “who are you?” Big mistake is believing you have real friends at work. It’s mutual interests, not loyalty. Accept it early and the ride gets smoother.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In corporate, relationships are transactional. Useful = “best friend.” Not useful = “who are you?” Big mistake is believing you have real friends at work. It’s mutual interests, not loyalty. Accept it early and the ride gets smoother.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Which one now—Gemini 3 or ChatGPT? Hype kills one every week. I’ll use whichever ships my work faster. Hard pass on Grok; I don’t need my posts cosplaying as conspiracy fanfic. 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Which one now—Gemini 3 or ChatGPT? Hype kills one every week. I’ll use whichever ships my work faster. Hard pass on Grok; I don’t need my posts cosplaying as conspiracy fanfic. 🤣
Performance review—but not with your boss or HR. You’re facing a “superior” algorithm on a screen. No feelings, no context, no connection. Remember those pre-interview video recordings? That wasn’t strange—it was training. We’re being prepped for the slaughter.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Performance review—but not with your boss or HR. You’re facing a “superior” algorithm on a screen. No feelings, no context, no connection. Remember those pre-interview video recordings? That wasn’t strange—it was training. We’re being prepped for the slaughter.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
AI won’t replace you—until it does. If you’re taking CEO/billionaire sermons at face value, you’re volunteering as tribute. Rethink it.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
AI won’t replace you—until it does. If you’re taking CEO/billionaire sermons at face value, you’re volunteering as tribute. Rethink it.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Don’t brown-nose too much 😅 and don’t brown-nose too little 😆. Balance matters 😇. I’ve seen super brown-nosers get expelled like a stomach bug 💩🦠. It’s an art—learn from a master brown-noser (They are everywhere 😉), don’t freestyle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don’t brown-nose too much 😅 and don’t brown-nose too little 😆. Balance matters 😇. I’ve seen super brown-nosers get expelled like a stomach bug 💩🦠. It’s an art—learn from a master brown-noser (They are everywhere 😉), don’t freestyle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Don’t brown-nose too much 😅 and don’t brown-nose too little 😆. Balance matters 😇. I’ve seen super brown-nosers get expelled like a stomach bug 💩🦠. It’s an art—learn from a master brown-noser (They are everywhere 😉), don’t freestyle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don’t brown-nose too much 😅 and don’t brown-nose too little 😆. Balance matters 😇. I’ve seen super brown-nosers get expelled like a stomach bug 💩🦠. It’s an art—learn from a master brown-noser (They are everywhere 😉), don’t freestyle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
I still remember calling my late father: dream job at a multinational—proud, full of plans (young & dumb). Years later: quiet depression, office politics, dead-end job, zero progression, managers swapping like checkers. The day I left was my first real breath in years.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I still remember calling my late father: dream job at a multinational—proud, full of plans (young & dumb). Years later: quiet depression, office politics, dead-end job, zero progression, managers swapping like checkers. The day I left was my first real breath in years.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
When my son graduates biz school (assuming we survive Skynet 😂) and lands a corporate job, my advice: brown nose, brown nose, brown nose. The boss is smarter than Einstein—repeat it till you’re promoted.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When my son graduates biz school (assuming we survive Skynet 😂) and lands a corporate job, my advice: brown nose, brown nose, brown nose. The boss is smarter than Einstein—repeat it till you’re promoted.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
I was once chewed out for “liking” a competitor’s post—“unprofessional,” “policy,” the works. This week, the same manager liked a competitor post himself. Rules for you; exemptions for them. What do you call that?
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I was once chewed out for “liking” a competitor’s post—“unprofessional,” “policy,” the works. This week, the same manager liked a competitor post himself. Rules for you; exemptions for them. What do you call that?
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Hilarious video-but it happened to me word for word.My boss asked the exact same thing.I took my holiday anyway; came back to a “performance review” about defying him and “risking my employment.”Ever had this?What do you think of a manager like that? #CorporateDropoutDiary
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Enjoy your time off guilt free 👏🏼
YouTube video by LoeWhaley
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November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hilarious video-but it happened to me word for word.My boss asked the exact same thing.I took my holiday anyway; came back to a “performance review” about defying him and “risking my employment.”Ever had this?What do you think of a manager like that? #CorporateDropoutDiary
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Job market sucks—five times for emphasis. Santa, if you’re listening, I’ve been good. Bring jobs, not socks. 😆
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Job market sucks—five times for emphasis. Santa, if you’re listening, I’ve been good. Bring jobs, not socks. 😆
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
I’m not in the corporate cult. That’s the point. It’s a sacrifice—and a protest against the toxic, politicized machine pretending to be “culture.”
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’m not in the corporate cult. That’s the point. It’s a sacrifice—and a protest against the toxic, politicized machine pretending to be “culture.”
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
We preach “customer at the center,” yet IT often treats internal users like a nuisance. Ever met an IT team that’s great with humans and code? Name them.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We preach “customer at the center,” yet IT often treats internal users like a nuisance. Ever met an IT team that’s great with humans and code? Name them.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Some managers won’t improve. Your choices: document, transfer, or exit. Dignity beats living in a loop.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Some managers won’t improve. Your choices: document, transfer, or exit. Dignity beats living in a loop.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Got handed Legal’s job? Reply: “Looping Legal for ownership; Sales will support with customer context.” Boundaries = respect.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Got handed Legal’s job? Reply: “Looping Legal for ownership; Sales will support with customer context.” Boundaries = respect.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
My best friend canceled today after 7 months apart. His boss: “Work Sunday, take a day off later.” Classic time theft. Comp days evaporate, boundaries ignored. Work–life balance matters—no matter what billionaire social engineering sells. Zero trust in corporations.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
My best friend canceled today after 7 months apart. His boss: “Work Sunday, take a day off later.” Classic time theft. Comp days evaporate, boundaries ignored. Work–life balance matters—no matter what billionaire social engineering sells. Zero trust in corporations.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Ever had a manager ask you to work the weekend/holiday, then “take a day off later”—only to call a mandatory meeting on that day? That’s not culture; that’s time theft. Normal in corporate? Maybe. Human? No. Thoughts?
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Ever had a manager ask you to work the weekend/holiday, then “take a day off later”—only to call a mandatory meeting on that day? That’s not culture; that’s time theft. Normal in corporate? Maybe. Human? No. Thoughts?
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Last HR note before I move to other departments: endless “inspiration” sessions, zero substance. It’s internal PR—social engineering to make the company look like heaven. Reality: you’re on your own. Merit? Mostly politics.
#TheRealityOfHR #CorporateDropoutDiary
#TheRealityOfHR #CorporateDropoutDiary
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Last HR note before I move to other departments: endless “inspiration” sessions, zero substance. It’s internal PR—social engineering to make the company look like heaven. Reality: you’re on your own. Merit? Mostly politics.
#TheRealityOfHR #CorporateDropoutDiary
#TheRealityOfHR #CorporateDropoutDiary
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Mass layoffs flood the market. Too many pros, too few roles. Economics does the rest: wages sink, leverage shifts, employers bargain-shop talent. Brutal equilibrium.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mass layoffs flood the market. Too many pros, too few roles. Economics does the rest: wages sink, leverage shifts, employers bargain-shop talent. Brutal equilibrium.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary