Timeline for What to do when most work can be automated, and no-one can give me more work?
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 14:25 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | @MartinKS you fell like you've done less than what you could've done, but you did add value to the company. Your tasks are done promptly, you have paved the way for the company to reduce costs (at the expense of sacking you) with the automation system. You could probably absorb the workload of 3 other workers. Honestly, people commenting behind your back that you are idle are envious. So long your job gets done and your manager is happy, everything is fine. ----- Where on the scale? Zero. You are not betraying your office. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 14:19 | comment | added | Martin KS | @Mindwin Where on the scale does "I feel like I've done nothing for over 2 years and still got paid" come? ;) | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:47 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | @Pete On the sliding scale of office betrayal, "Job hunt while on the clock" is two points below Dilbert's Iconic "I did nothing today and still got paid" | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:28 | history | edited | user44108 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed last paragraph after clarification from the OP
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:26 | comment | added | user44108 | @Mindwin - I did start by recommending that Martin talk this through with his manager. I see that Martin has raised this point with his manager and wrote my answer (obviously) before I knew the outcome of that conversation. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:21 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | i don't think one should ever job hunt during work hours. It is highly unethical. -1 ... company paid time should be used for the company. My brother is a military firefighter, he stays 90% of the time idle in the barracks. During that time he can study, exercise, take a nap, even watch netflix. But his job is to stay ready for action at all times. The other 10% of the time he is either saving lives or risking his own. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:18 | comment | added | Martin KS | Thanks, this was a useful suggestion, and something that I forgot to add to my answer. I already have my manager's blessing to find an external role, I am allowed to take time off for interviews, but he's asked me to do the actual search outside of company time. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:10 | history | answered | user44108 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |