You just wait till you served your time and finally can go home.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    till

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    IBM used to do this. A friend my mine was caught up when her employer was bought-out while she was on maternity leave. She came back to a desk but no work, no role, and no access to computers. She had NOTHING on her list and no way to do it. She wasn’t allowed to go home, but had to sit there.

    She read. She knitted. She counted the hours until she was back home with the family and kids. Finally after about 10 months, she gave in and got another job. And IBM didn’t have to pay severance.

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    Well getting to go home is huge upside. No free meals and you have to pretend to do something anyway though. Win some, lose some.

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      No free meals

      Just wait until you learn about companies which pay per diem when traveling.

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      It’s not that my job is a Bullshit Job, more like an Over-Hire. The vast majority of tasks is done by an existing employee. I was hired to support him, but there is just not enough to do for me.

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    You’ve clearly never worked Hospitality:

    “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean”