What you do is ultimately pointless. You could be replaced any day of the week with the first … - Corinne Maier

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To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

Corinne Maier

What you do is ultimately pointless. You could be replaced any day of the week with the first moron who walks in the door. So work as little as possible, and spend a little time (not too much, though) 'selling yourself' and 'networking' so that you will have backup and will be untouchable (and untouched) the next time the company is restructured.

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