I knew a guy whose daily routine was something like:
9:25 - Arrival (cafeteria stopped serving breakfast at 9:30.
9:30-10:15 - Breakfast
10:15-11:30 - A lot of walking around the office, having business-sounding conversations with others but really getting nothing done.
11:30-1:00 - Out for lunch.
1:00-3:00 - Sneak out to car in the parking lot for a nap.
3:00-3:30 - Daily standup. Vaguely talk about how he’s “merging code” or “updating library dependencies” this week.
3:30-4:00 - At desk working.
4:00-5:30 - Doing his walk-around-talk-arounds through the office hallways again.
5:30-6:00 - At his desk again!
6:00 - Cafeteria starts serving dinner. Grabs a bunch of food, throws it in his backpack, and heads to the parking lot.
This went on for years. The other teammates joked that he must have blackmail dirt on the boss because it was obvious to everyone that he wasn’t doing anything and nobody seemed to care. He was there when I joined the company and was there when I left, years later. He may very well be still there today, merging code.
9:25 - Arrival (cafeteria stopped serving breakfast at 9:30.
9:30-10:15 - Breakfast
10:15-11:30 - A lot of walking around the office, having business-sounding conversations with others but really getting nothing done.
11:30-1:00 - Out for lunch.
1:00-3:00 - Sneak out to car in the parking lot for a nap.
3:00-3:30 - Daily standup. Vaguely talk about how he’s “merging code” or “updating library dependencies” this week.
3:30-4:00 - At desk working.
4:00-5:30 - Doing his walk-around-talk-arounds through the office hallways again.
5:30-6:00 - At his desk again!
6:00 - Cafeteria starts serving dinner. Grabs a bunch of food, throws it in his backpack, and heads to the parking lot.
This went on for years. The other teammates joked that he must have blackmail dirt on the boss because it was obvious to everyone that he wasn’t doing anything and nobody seemed to care. He was there when I joined the company and was there when I left, years later. He may very well be still there today, merging code.