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		Gravyness on April 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “I’ll Finish It This Week” and Other Lies Have seen companies fire people for that. Sometimes you can't afford that.

torgard on April 9, 2021 [–]

If a company chose to fire me for that, I would not want to work at that company anyhow.

I know this is somewhat naive; not everyone is in a position where they can pick and choose what companies they wish to work at. But still, such a company would be a terrible company to work at.

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