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Examples that spring to mind here, in addition to The Empire Strikes Back, are usually given as being the likes of the Coens' screen adaptation of Cormac Macarthy's No Country for Old Men, in which the unstoppable hitman Anton Chigurh carries us into an uncertain and bleak ending; there's also, famously, Fincher's Se7en where the conclusion of the film may leave you never wanting to watch it again.
Still, even in No Country for Old Men, where, throughout the story, Chigurh displays an almost immortal prowess. We're shown, in the final moments, that he, too, is but a mere man, and despite his control, precision, and calculation, he, too, is susceptible to misfortune via the disorder and chaos of the world. So, despite the fact that he achieves his aims, does Chigurh really win in the end? Will he have his worldview shaken following the events of the story? We're led to believe so.
Anyways, if you're even still reading this, you're probably sitting there thinking, “What on earth does this have to do with the title of the post I clicked into?” So for you, dear reader, let me get to the point: We, too, can find ourselves losing in life; despite being the heroes of our own stories, we're not always going to come out on top. We can find ourselves losing every day through breakups, bad jobs, financial strain, and the death of loved ones. It can feel like there's not all that much to gain and even when we think we might have won we still might be losing.
This employee seemingly thought that they had won when they complied with their boss's mandatory overtime policy, achieving levels of productivity well beyond expectation and in a much shorter time frame. The problem here, as commenters have pointed out, is that they played right into their boss's hand by continuing to push their own productivity to new levels, and, really, they should have sunk their performance down to the company's barest expectations. So, while they thought they had won, they had actually snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. At least, as evidenced in their comments, they ended up leaving their role in the end, likely leaving their manager scrambling to fill the void in productivity that their departure left.
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