Return-to-Office Is Just Nostalgia for Micromanagement
By Ken Hollow, reluctant commuter in pajama pants The great promise of remote work was freedom: no commute, no awkward breakroom small talk, no boss…
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Every tech question you've been too embarrassed to ask, answered in plain English.
Burnout Diaries
Burnout Diaries
OKRs Are Just New Year’s Resolutions With Graphs
By Ken Hollow, reluctant goal-setter and spreadsheet victim Every January, normal people lie to themselves with New Year’s resolutions: “I’ll run every day. I’ll stop…
Burnout Diaries
Office Jargon Is Just a Fantasy Language Pack
By Ken Hollow, reluctant translator of corporate Elvish Corporate jargon is less communication and more spellcasting. Nobody actually knows what half of it means, but…
Burnout Diaries
Corporate Security Training Is Just a Phishing Simulator
By Ken Hollow, unwilling trainee in email paranoia Corporate security training is the modern workplace’s favorite pastime. Not because it works, but because it wastes…
Burnout Diaries
Your Home Office Is Just Corporate Squatting
By Ken Hollow, unwilling landlord to capitalism Remember when remote work was supposed to be freedom? No more commutes, no more office politics, just pajamas…
Burnout Diaries
Performance Reviews Are Just Creative Writing Exercises
By Ken Hollow, reluctant novelist of corporate fiction Performance reviews are supposed to measure your work. In reality, they’re creative writing assignments where everyone pretends.…
Burnout Diaries
Brainstorming 2.0: Now With AI
By Ken Hollow, unwilling facilitator of algorithmic nonsense Brainstorming was already group procrastination with sticky notes. But now, thanks to AI, we’ve leveled up to…
Burnout Diaries
Quarterly Reports Are Just Corporate Fanfiction
By Ken Hollow, reluctant reader of financial fantasies Quarterly reports are corporate fanfiction. That’s it. That’s the whole piece. Every three months, companies release a…
Burnout Diaries
Brainstorming Is Just Group Procrastination
By Ken Hollow, unwilling participant in sticky-note theater Brainstorming is the corporate equivalent of a séance: a bunch of people gather in a room, chant…
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Nana Wants a Reality Show
By Ken Hollow, reluctant showrunner of chaos Just when I thought Nana couldn’t escalate her influencer empire any further, she announced: “I require a reality…