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Woman sues her employer for paying her to do nothing for 20 years
(www.news24.com)
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Where does someone get one of these "paid for nothing, be invisible" jobs?
Much like any way to get ahead in capitalism: pure unadulterated luck.
I had one of these jobs for about three months, they sound better than they really are. You spend 8 hours monitoring your company issued laptop for random messages from your boss. You can't do anything that takes you away from that device. After a while you run out of shows to stream and video games to play, or you become depressed and loose interest.
I thought about joining an online D&D game but I would still get pulled into random teams meeting where in wouldn't say or do anything, so I couldn't commit to 4 hours uninterrupted.
Company got bought out. There were so many managers and ppl that they couldn't follow who was actually doing what. After being given busy work for a month. After I finished it, i was then told to monitor my busy work until I was told otherwise. They forgot about me.
I got so bored. I made friends with the janitors. I learned if you parked in a certain area you could leave without being seen. For the next 6 months I would clock in, say hi to a bunch of ppl while avoiding management, and leave to meet up with friends or do whatever, until lunch where I'd socialize(my alibi). I'd spend the next 4 hours reading, learning, on my phone and walking around the office looking at who might need a break and willing to talk.
Unfortunately, I had to leave for a higher paying job. When I left, the manager gave me a glowing recommendation letter. They had no idea what I did, but nothing ever broke so I must have been doing my job.