Fictional boss card
Annual Performance Review
"Meets expectations" — after 60-hour weeks all year. The spreadsheet has spoken.
The scenario
The spreadsheet has spoken, and your year of sixty-hour weeks has culminated in this moment. You stand before the Annual Performance Review boss, hoping the phrase meets expectations carries the same weight as your actual output.
How it plays
This boss card inflicts 20 burnout points upon the developer. To survive this encounter, you must play two coping cards from the personal or social categories.
Why it feels familiar
The surreal disconnect between surviving a year of unsustainable hours and being judged on a rigidly formatted spreadsheet.
This boss adds 20 burnout and has a special encounter rule: requires two copings.