'It’s so easy to pad my “work” with stuff from my other unofficial supervisor': Employee stumbles into remote work job with two supervisors, finds the perfect way to work less

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Jul 11, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Have you ever found yourself in the perfect employment situation?

The perfect job is an elusive thing. Every job requires some amount of sacrifice. Either it's interesting work but not that much pay, or it's soul-sucking but stable. These are the two kinds of gigs you often find yourself in, unless you're exceedingly lucky. But even within those jobs, there are lots of ways that they can help us or hurt us. Maybe you have the kind of manager who completely understands your working style and is able to support it completely. Maybe you and your manager just don't get along, and it makes everything harder than it needs to be. Maybe the commute to the office is a breeze, or maybe it's the worst part of your day because it adds more than an hour each way. Maybe there's a really good lunch spot, and they have your favorite dish every time. Maybe the coffee in the office happens to be your favorite kind of coffee, or maybe it's your least favorite. Maybe the type of work you're doing requires a lot of focus, so it leaves you drained. Maybe it's not challenging enough, so your mind wanders from place to place.

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ได้ — *A remote worker sits on his couch using a laptop*
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Stumbled into a remote position with two "supervisors" and it's been heaven.

Was offered a remote job a year ago by an old colleague. The salary is okay for my area. Not horrible but not great. But the benefits and PTO outweigh the pay (for US standards). No health insurance deductible/co-pays, 20 days vacation, another 9

miscellaneous floating holidays (including my birthday), 12 sick days, a full week off for both July Fourth and Christmas/New Year's, most other standard federal holidays (except Columbus Day and Presidents Day), retirement match up to 6%, and it goes on.

But the cherry on top is that while I officially have 1 supervisor (who is already very hands off to begin with), I have another "supervisor" that occasionally assigns me (easy) work (and who is also pretty hands off and caught up in their own stuff). So if and when my main super ever asks how things are going, what I've been up to, etc., it's so easy to pad my "work" with stuff from my other unofficial supervisor and say I've been preoccupied with that. And vice versa.

My workload is already pretty easy to begin with (can do a "full" day's worth of work in half the time), so I can pretty much just chill at home half of the time and no one suspects otherwise lol

Commenters were jealous of this setup.

e2theitheta Nice, enjoy! I've had some good stretches working, and I learned to appreciate the h I out of them.

LetMeRedditInPeace00 The overemployed sub would encourage you to go look for a 2nd remote job that you can do at the same time on the DL.

Cheezburger Image 10646319104 — *A remote worker kicks back on their chair at home*
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There are lots of factors that go into a job working for us or working against us. And some of that comes at random. You never know what a job is going to be exactly until you're working it. Sometimes it's much worse than you could've imagined, and sometimes it's much better. It's hard to know which one you're getting into until it's too late. We hear so many stories about the former. About jobs that you didn't know were going to negatively impact your wellbeing until you got there. But what about the jobs that were much better than we expected? This story is one of those. One lucky worker found himself in a position that works for him in amazing ways. Keep reading to see the details of this job and see what commenters had to say in response.