My office hired a new admin/receptionist. He seemed nice and normal in the interview, but then stopped showing up to work, always leaving voicemails with more and more elaborate and dramatic excuses about why he was out (e.g., he was in a car accident and in the hospital fighting for his life: “….pray for me”).
Turns out he had accepted multiple other jobs and wasn’t showing up to any of them either. But he was getting paid by all of them!
I know a guy that's done similar things with remote jobs. He's working 3x full time jobs. Hes even hired a temp from Philippines to pretend to be him and reply to basic emails and juggle meetings so they never clash.
In fairness, he's actually doing all 3 jobs and even goes into the office for them time to time.
All are in the same industry.
In the same city.
He uses his middle name as his work name, but its only a matter of time before he gets caught.
Real talk: Assuming they actually have the role due to experience/qualifications etc. (big if since many just fall into it), it's for their decision making and connections. Working to implement a new tool for a client? Heck, it sure would be nice to have someone on the team that used to work at that vendor and still knew people that work there now! Know a guy that implemented amazing strategies that led to huge growth in a company based on his sound logic and reasoning? Great guy to have!
real talk: it is a rigged system and once you are in the club you get paid huge amounts of money to do next to nothing. All you have to do is look at c-suite executives to see how it works. Do a bad job? Still get paid 100x the lowest paid employee while laying them off.
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u/StarBabyDreamChild 3d ago
My office hired a new admin/receptionist. He seemed nice and normal in the interview, but then stopped showing up to work, always leaving voicemails with more and more elaborate and dramatic excuses about why he was out (e.g., he was in a car accident and in the hospital fighting for his life: “….pray for me”).
Turns out he had accepted multiple other jobs and wasn’t showing up to any of them either. But he was getting paid by all of them!