Workplace

The boss draws a very big pie at the meeting; after the meeting you notice there is not even flour. A colleague passes the blame with perfect timing and steady hands, and by the time it reaches you it is cold. The meeting runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on how to improve efficiency. Your three-month proposal is sent back with a vague later, and then a manager presents the same idea in a different room. In the performance review, HR asks where you see yourself in three years, and you want to say alive. What drains people at work is not the work itself; it is the moments where you have to smile and say sure. Write it down: I do my job well, but that does not mean I will keep swallowing this. Anonymous — nobody knows who you are, including the person drawing the pie. At least the coffee is free, even if the rest of it is not.