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What you say: I don’t want to take responsibility.

What management hears: I want someone else to take responsibility for me.

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What I say: I want a pay rise.

What management hears: We want more pizza parties.

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Nah. Our CEO just fires everyone who asks for a raise because they're a liability now.

FWIW, this is in a country that supposedly has really strong unions and worker protections.

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