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You can’t ask that
Someone sent me this absolute masterpiece of corporate communication, and I genuinely haven’t laughed this hard since the time I tried to...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 93 min read


Cameras off
A while back, I had a five-panel Zoom interview. Five people. All their cameras off. I log in, dressed like a budget morning show host —...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 93 min read


Guess the next Question
Recently, I started playing a game on my Zoom interviews called “Guess the Next Question” — Bonus Points Edition. Let’s be honest: job...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 82 min read


Love letters from HR
My email inbox is starting to look less like a professional communication hub and more like a tragic collection of love letters from HR....

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 82 min read


Breaking Laughter
Every time I turn on the TV before I even open my eyes fully, I’m greeted with the same negative news soundtrack: “BREAKING: Everything...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 63 min read


Paperclips & Pepperoni
I feel like the only ones checking in on me in the mornings are Office Depot and Domino’s Pizza. You know, just two loyal corporate pen...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 63 min read


Questionable Decisions
I’m sitting here at the kitchen table drinking a coffee that tasted like it just got rejected from its dream job at Starbucks. You know...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 62 min read


My Friends AI Girlfriend
The other day, one of my friends invited me over to his place to finally meet his new girlfriend. He said, “Come hang out! We’ll do a...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 53 min read


Price Check on a Pencil
This morning I made a noble, focused decision: I would go to Walmart and grab only one thing. One thing! A single, disciplined mission. I...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 53 min read


Resume Stampede
I just read a story from The New York Times that made me spit out my coffee (and almost my will to live). Apparently, the number of job...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 52 min read


Rejection A Corporate Romance
Let me tell you a story. It started like every great modern love story: with an email notification from Karen in HR. Karen. The name...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 32 min read


The Plot Twist You Become
Last night, I sat on my couch at 2 a.m., eating cereal straight out of the box, wondering if my life choices were sponsored by the word...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 32 min read


HR and SOP
I have this sneaky suspicion — no, actually, I’m almost certain — that all the HR Managers who recently added me on LinkedIn are secretly...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 33 min read


Plot Twist
A while back, a career coach slid into my DMs with the enthusiasm of a Labrador puppy who just discovered a tennis ball. They promised...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 32 min read


Woke up like This and Loving It
It’s like every single morning I open my feed and get greeted by that one beautiful girl holding a glass of wine at 8 a.m. with the...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 33 min read


The Day I Become Unstoppable
Have you ever sworn that tomorrow would be the day you finally turn your life around? You go to bed at 2 a.m. (after watching conspiracy...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 32 min read


Only a Dream
After 380 interviews — yes, you read that right, three hundred and eighty — I was finally hired. The confetti cannons went off in my...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 33 min read


Stop DMING me “BUILD”
This morning I saw a post from a beautiful girl in her pajamas, hair perfectly “messy” in that “I spent $200 on texturizing spray to look...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 22 min read


I’m still here. And I Matter.
To all the employed, unemployed, funemployed, self-employed, underemployed, and “somehow mysteriously employed but still confused how”...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 22 min read


Rejected Emails Bingo
I’m sitting here at the kitchen table this morning, drinking coffee that tastes like it was brewed with old gym socks and existential...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jul 22 min read
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