Catch 22 Million Emails
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  • Time 5h 49m
  • Reads 157
  • Votes 2
  • Parts 35
  • Time 5h 49m
Complete, First published Jan 03
10 new parts
Every overachiever knows the drill: graduate top of your class, land a fancy job, and watch your dreams come true. Rajini Rathore thought she was next in line. Instead, she's stuck in a corporate nightmare where layoffs are announced with flash mobs, promotions are reserved for the clueless, and the only thing "disruptive" about startups is the lack of chai breaks.

At SparkPath, Rajini's AI-powered chai delivery project is drowned in office politics and unpaid overtime. At Stratos, her consulting job comes with "Motivational Mondays" and a boss who introduces actual dog leashes to symbolize loyalty. By the time she hits InnerBloom-a wellness startup forcing employees to meditate for bandwidth alignment-Rajini's faith in meritocracy has been reduced to ash.

Her personal life isn't much better: a product manager dumps her via LinkedIn, a consultant steals her ideas for a promotion, and a UX designer turns their breakup into an app feature.

But Rajini isn't done yet. Armed with her wit and a growing intolerance for corporate nonsense, she turns her misadventures into a viral blog, The Optimist's Debris, skewering hustle culture, toxic positivity, and the farce of modern work life. As her satire ignites a movement, Rajini faces the ultimate question: Can you survive the circus without becoming part of the act?

Catch-22 Million Emails is a darkly funny, painfully relatable exploration of ambition, chaos, and the absurdity of corporate survival.
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