Employee Automates Job, Gets Paid To Do Nothing For 5 Years

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Eric Lund
Nov 19, 2021 5:00 PM EST

It's one of those things you hear about and dream that you could pull it off too. And hey, if the company was happy with their productivity over the years, it seems kind of like a win-win. The boss even had an opportunity to look into this employee's methods and they didn't take it. For another fine example of an employee using technology to become a "more efficient" employee, here's the employee who wrote code so that their computer wouldn't idle.

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    Font - r/antiwork · Posted by u/Cynicusme 6 days ago 5 6 O & 2 110 F e97 S 108 My 5-year getting paid for doing nothing is over. I'm heartbroken. I got a night-shift job doing data entry back in 2015. I quit and needed something fast at night while I look for something better during the day. It was a data entry position, meaning I get an email containing the details of an order and proceeding to input the information into our system.
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    Font - Right after my training I knew this is something Autohotkey can do, I don't know to code that well, so I went to a freelancer website to hire a guy to develop the code, it cost me a two-month salary... I just had to input how many orders I want to process per hour, since day 1 I was working from home because the company did not want to pay for transport or cleaning during the graveyard shift. For the first 2 years, I would check if there was something the code cannot do (usually took me l
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    Font - I was doing such a remarkable job I was offered promotions a few times, new positions during the daytime that I'd reject stating I'm a very introverted person that enjoys this type of position. Eventually, I got another job, better paid, but there was no reason for me to quit where I was working. For my data entry job, I could spend months without having anybody reach out to me. Sometimes some co-workers will try to match my order entry quota, which would make me open the code, and change
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    Font - I even got 2 salary raises at some point for never missing a day, and being the top producer in my 3 people department, to which I corresponded by changing the 9 and switching it to an 11 or 10 on some days. Мy end. It took them 4 years to develop new software that will replace my data entry position. Since clients were granted access to our new system. A few weeks ago I got my severance check, I was told I could keep the laptop and office equipment and that I'm welcome to apply for any p
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    Font - I never talked about that with anybody IRL, not even my family, even my wife wasn't sure what my job was about with that other company. Now that it is over. There you go, my darkest work secret. I did try to schedule a demonstration of "my code", I think that was back in 2017. The regional manager told me they're very busy dealing with the important stuff, just to keep doing the good work I was doing... which I f-':ing did until the day I was let go.
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    Font - OptimalAd6981 · 6d Slow Clap. You could have retired and it would never matter to the company they paid for the results with no complaints. 945 Reply Share Cynicusme OP- 6d for the last few weeks I've been wondering if I would have managed to keep this going for decades. I'd have been such a cool thing to do but well.
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    Font - UncleVoodooo · 6d O e2 3 2 You magnificent bastard 5.6k Reply Share Cynicusme OP . 6d This is one of my favorite comments! the magnificent and the bastard go hand in hand with what I did.
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    Font - AffectionateRow7572 · 7d You were paid to do a job. Who gives a st how you got it done. Love this one... Hahahaha 4 6.1k Reply Share Dr_Zika · 6d Squatter Work smarter not harder Lads always
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    Font - No-Negotiation-5701 · 6d lazy and proud A Automate something for a company, get paid once. Automate your own job without anyone knowing and get paid for five years of doing nothing. Hats off to you, even if the ride is over.
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