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The endless, dangling-carrot tactic used to squeeze another year of unpaid extra duties out of an ambitious employee.
Read full entry →A heart-stopping notification that shatters your weekend peace, usually beginning with 'Just a quick question...'
Read full entry →The paranoid managerial habit of constantly monitoring communication software to ensure remote workers haven't stepped away to pee.
Read full entry →The excruciating feeling of a boss breathing down your neck to watch you type an email they could have sent themselves.
Read full entry →The slick, sociopathic managerial act of stealing a subordinate's hard work and presenting it to the directors to get a bonus.
Read full entry →The toxic workplace manipulation used to guilt you into working extreme unpaid overtime out of a false sense of loyalty.
Read full entry →The pathetic corporate strategy of buying cheap Domino's instead of giving employees a pay rise or addressing burnout.
Read full entry →A deceitful errand run to secure a brief sanctuary of peace inside a parked car away from your family.
Read full entry →A modern psychological affliction resulting from forced eye contact with a grid of badly lit coworkers.
Read full entry →A sharp pang of resentment triggered by reading that a colleague has limited access to emails because they are in Tuscany.
Read full entry →The minimum viable effort of gratitude shown to a driver, performed while staring steadfastly ahead.
Read full entry →A hollow promise to revisit an issue at a later date, usually employed because nobody knows the answer.
Read full entry →The masochistic British habit of rejecting food you crave, solely to appear generous and well-mannered.
Read full entry →A standardized corporate falsehood meaning 'I have filed this away and will panic about it tomorrow'.
Read full entry →The tactical mapping of an office floor plan to evade a notoriously talkative or demanding coworker.
Read full entry →A cowardly software feature utilized to banish a difficult task back into the ether until tomorrow.
Read full entry →A high-stakes, liquid-balancing dance performed to navigate from the bar back to your table without spilling.
Read full entry →A delusion where you believe you have answered a friend, only to realize a week later you entirely ghosted them.
Read full entry →The subconscious, competitive shuffling of commuters trying to secure the exact spot where the doors will open.
Read full entry →A digital shield used to protect your peace from a colleague who refuses to type their question into the chat.
Read full entry →The polite but exhausting performance of amusement deployed when your boss is terrible at recounting anecdotes.
Read full entry →A socially acceptable lie told to escape the claustrophobia of an open-plan office for fifteen minutes.
Read full entry →The sudden, intense fascination with a blank lock screen to prevent an awkward sidewalk conversation.
Read full entry →An opportunist who contributes nothing to the team dynamic but has a sixth sense for free baked goods.
Read full entry →The dictionary is still being written
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