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by jrklabs_com 826 days ago
Or to move on to a new opportunity!
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or to work 1-2 hours per day for dell, and work on their own dream the remaining of the day
Or do no work at all and keep depositing checks until they eventually terminate you. This takes a lot longer than you think at any large dysfunctional organization.
Well yes but you're going to have to have traded on your reputation to enter a position where they trust you so freely and it's going to take a frustratingly long time to rebuild that reputation afterwards.
It took Initech years to "fix the glitch".
> or to work 1-2 hours per day for dell, and work on their own dream the remaining of the day

I think you might have hit upon why Dell wants people back in the office.

I can tell you from first-hand experience, if I'm not doing much work from home, I'm doing even less in the office. I used to just walk around and bullshit with my colleagues instead of doing work.