This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Nammmieee on 2025-09-17 01:40:57+00:00.

A few months ago, my workplace had a “budget crisis.” Their solution? Lay off half the department and pile all their work on the survivors. Two weeks later, management proudly announced they had hired a motivational speaker - for twice what one laid-off person’s salary had been. The speaker’s main point? “You should be grateful to still have a job.” I think that was the day morale officially flatlined.