Forgotten Employee (2002)

And this is why you do "ghost employee" audits. In a past career I used to work in the Controller's office for one of the Big 3 auto companies. One day, I was sent some bullshit email that I needed to do about 100 audits including "ghost employee audit" and check a box on a web form that all were complete. For shits and giggles, I decided to take it seriously. I altavista'd "ghost employee audit" and learned it is…

I inexplicably love this story. Often if I'm at work and I feel like there's not much work for me to do and I feel like I'm being paid to do nothing, I'll read this story. I recently found it posted to this wiki, which contains a bit more information about its origins and legacy: https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/American-Dream They also reference another semi-related story which I also found entertaining (Cubicle Jungle): https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/Cubicle-Jungle I haven't explored the rest of…

I read it a while back. The story is probably fiction, but I have no trouble believing there must be shitload of people who must have worked an arrangement like that for themselves—taking paychecks without work. What surprises me is that almost always these people don't use their free time to do something productive—like picking up a hobby or up-skilling, they squander most of it. Ex: a programmer who outsourced his job to China and used his free time to…

What a writing. Made my day.