Success: Your Reward Is More Work

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Success: Your Reward Is More Work

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The classic case of competence being punished with more work. Dave fixed a bug in one night, so naturally, management's brilliant solution is to dump all future bugs on him. That exhausted cat face says it all—the thousand-yard stare of someone who just realized their efficiency has become their prison sentence. Next time, Dave should consider taking three days and eight coffee breaks to fix that bug. Rookie mistake.

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