Overworked

“I am so bored,” she thought to herself, “why do we have 8am meetings? This easily could have been an email.” Larissa, a 23-year-old consumer relations team lead for the nation’s number two mobile phone service provider, was barely able to keep her eyes open as the company CEO discussed the quarterly financial outlook during this month’s zoom call. She was always very meticulous with her time and schedule. Everything was always planned and well organized in her life. She hated and lamented anything she considered a waste of time. “Would they even know if I wasn’t here right now?” she wondered to herself as she worked on responding to business emails in the background. “Why does this company waste so many resources? I bet I know for a fact we would be more productive if…” before Larissa could finish her thought something of extreme importance dawned on her. “Oh sh*t! Today is my father’s funeral!”

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