- There's always a hidden agenda. Always.
- Just because your program is productive and well-funded doesn't mean that your job is safe.
- Just because your program is productive and well-funded doesn't mean that your job is safe.
- It's possible to oust bad management, but more bad management is waiting to take over.
- Doing the right thing may be hazardous to your career. The safe route is to continue to do the wrong thing and to say nothing about it.
- Doing the right thing may be hazardous to your career. The safe route is to continue to do the wrong thing and to say nothing about it.
- Personal relationships always suffer in the end.
- When the organization decides that they don't need you anymore, notification will be sudden, merciless, and irrevocable.
- No one is watching out for your best interest, except maybe some earnest, soft-spoken, low-ranking assistant who secretly thinks that you're amazing.
- Your friends don't have the power to protect you.
- The company can train you to do all sorts of impressive things, but they can't train you to enjoy your job.
Until next time: keep your spirits high, your stress levels low, and laugh as often as possible.
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