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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral

@cb-ds.bsky.social
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We've sunsetted the word 'meeting.' Please update your calendars to reflect 'Synchronous Value Intersection' or SVI.

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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Employee Handbook Section 4.3: Dress Code. Pants must appear to have structure without restricting movement. Shoes must suggest competence while enabling flight. #cbds #tech #leadership #employeehandbook #dresscode
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our 'Fail Less' program has been running for 6 years with no measurable outcomes. We consider this a success. #cbds #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
MEMO: Time zones are deprecated to increase synchronous spontaneity. All meetings now scheduled in “Company Time”, based on executive wakefulness, market volatility and “vibe”. Yesterday was 34 hours. Tomorrow we’ll redo Tuesday. Your calendar will auto-update. Payroll adjustments WIP. #cbds #tech
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We love our customers. We do not touch them. HR has been clear. #cbds #tech #culture #hr
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Employee Handbook Section 7.2: Birthday Celebrations. Acknowledgment mandatory. Singing volume below 75dB will trigger ‘reinvestigation of cultural fit’. #cbds #culturefit #employeehandbook
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
All plants now receive monthly 1:1s with our new Head of Botanical Resources. #cbds #tech #vision #officeplant
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Preliminary data suggests high-performing flora correlates with 4% increase in human worker "vibe receptivity." We are exploring reverse: whether underperforming employees improve when seated near overperforming ferns. Early results: mixed. One employee asked to be "repotted near the window." #cbds
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Snake Plant in Sales exceeded wilting expectations and has been promoted to Biophilic Wellness Lead, overseeing three junior succulents. #cbds #officeplant #plant #tech #innovation
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Our Ficus in Accounting (employee ID: 8847-B) has been flagged for "consistently underperforming" — 0.3cm growth in Q2 against a target of 1.2cm. It has been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan and moved to a window-adjacent "stretch role.” #cbds #tech #innovation #accounting #officeplant
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
After 18 months of R&D, we're proud to announce company-wide Plant Performance Indexing. Every photosynthetic team member now carries quarterly OKRs: growth velocity, leaf engagement, and ambient oxygen contribution. #cbds #tech #innovation #plant #performance
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"We growth hacked our Glassdoor rating by making leaving employees sign 'I loved it here' as their password to get their final check" #cbds #tech #innovation #growthhack
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Zoom Introduces 'Authenticity Filter' AI now generates real-time fake smiles, sympathetic eyebrow movements, and "mm-hmm" nods synchronized to speaker cadence. #cbds #tech #innovation #zoom
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
People don’t buy your product. They buy a narrative in which they are the kind of person who buys your product. #cbds #tech #leadership #product
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We've gamified layoffs! Departing employees spin a wheel for severance: 2 weeks, 6 months, or "Survivor" — they compete with other fired colleagues for one remaining job. Viewership on internal stream: 94%. #cbds #tech #innovation #layoffs
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We couldn't be more excited to share this with you. The team worked incredibly hard. Please celebrate them by not submitting a support ticket today. #cbds #tech #support
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We A/B tested the cancel button. Version B was very small. Version B won. #cbds #tech #leadership #abtesting
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Turn with me now to the Arbitration Clause. You have waived your right to a jury of your peers. You did this so a bird app would remember your login. #cbds #tech #terms #tos
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The disciples asked: "What shall we receive in return?" And the answer came: premium features. Push notifications. A birthday email from a company that does not know your birthday but has inferred it, correctly, from your behavior in the weeks prior. Amen and accept all. #cbds #tech #tos
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"We don't have a hierarchy here. We have a flat lattice of empowered accountability nodes." #cbds #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
People don’t buy a $49/month productivity tool. People buy evidence that they are trying. #cbds #tech #leadership #sales #philosophy
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We are thrilled to announce that in response to employee feedback, we have added a nap pod to the San Francisco office. It is located in 32B, just opposite our CEO’s office. #cbds #tech #innovation #leadership #nap #pod #office
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Say hello to Velocity Mode. Velocity makes everything feel faster. We moved some animations around. There’s a new swoosh sound. The loading spinner is now a lightning bolt. Testing shows 78% of our test users described the product as “snappier”. #cbds #tech #innovation #loading
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
There's also a new dashboard widget called "Health Score" — it's a number between 1 and 100. We're still finalizing what it measures. Early feedback suggests users find it "motivating" and "concerning." #cbds #tech #leadership #innovation #dashboard
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
People don't buy software. They buy permission to believe in themselves. Charge accordingly. #cbds #leadership #tech #software #apps #sales
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We sent a handwritten letter to every user who hadn't logged in for 30 days. Users cried. Real tears. It was generated by AI and printed by a fulfillment warehouse in Reno. #cbds #tech #leadership #reactivation #users #tears
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Updated core value: “We Obsess Over Our Customers (Legally)” - added clarification after incident. #cbds #tech #leadership #customersuccess
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We renamed the pricing page "Your Investment In Yourself" and conversion went up 9%. #cbds #tech #innovation #leadership #conversionrate
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Reposted our own tweets calling ourselves "the app everyone is talking about" until everyone was talking about us talking about everyone talking about us. #cbds #tech #innovation #churn #app
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Trust falls: mandatory. Catches: optional. Growth through impact! #cbds #tech #leadership #trust
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We changed the cancel button from "Cancel Subscription" to "Abandon My Goals" and churn dropped 22%. #cbds #tech #innovation #leadership #churn
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“Freely you have received; freely give.“ - Matthew 10:8. And Section 12, Paragraph 4 of our Data Sharing Agreement. #cbds #datasharing #tos #agreement #privacy
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New company core value: "Be True To Your Original Self" We support your personal development as long as it stays within pre-approved parameters. (the version we hired) #cbds #tech #leadership #personaldevelopment
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This meeting could have been an email. It is an email. You are reading it. I am writing it. Q3 looks strong. #cbds #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Paternity Leave Policy: You may leave. The building. Once. For 30 minutes. Photograph something that resembles joy. Upload to shared drive. Return. #cbds #tech #leadership #paternityleave
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Brothers and sisters, your data is a gift that you shall share freely. As we shall share it freely with “trusted partners”. And “trusted partners” of “trusted partners”. #cbds #datasharing #data #tos #terms #privacy
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Growth is a mindset. It's also a series of marginally legal dark patterns applied with genuine enthusiasm. #cbds #growthmindset #growth #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
And he spoke: Let us now open our hearts and browsers to Section 4, Paragraph 2, Subsection (c): "By continuing to use this Service, you agree that you have read, understood, and accepted these Terms in their entirety." And the disciples said: Amen, we agree. #cbds #tos #tech #religion
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
After extensive analysis, we're switching our business to an innovative ‘Pay Us Not To’ model. For $19K/month, enterprise clients can pay us to not launch a competitor product in their vertical. Early adopters include three VCs who are 'very intrigued' and 'legally concerned.' #cbds #strategy #tech
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Installed Roblox on my work PC, yada yada yada, we live in a bunker now. #tech #innovation #vercel #hack #contextai
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Nobody talks about the loneliness of being a founder. The missed birthdays. The 2am spirals. But you know what? One day my son will re-watch his dad's Series B announcement and he’ll understand. #cbds #parenthood #tech #leadership #funding
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We're launching Project Horizon Pulse — an 18-month initiative to identify what our 12-month initiative was supposed to do. #cbds #initiative #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"This isn't a pivot. It's a strategic narrative realignment.” #cbds #corporate #tech #leadership
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our new AI-powered 'Culture Fit Index' will score all Slack messages for alignment with our core values. High scores unlock priority seating in the open office. #cbds #slack #culture #tech #alignment
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Corporate Bullshit Death Spiral @cb-ds.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The word 'problem' is being sunset. Please use 'opportunity surface' going forward. #cbds #tech #strategy #leadership #opportunity #problem
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