> Hired full time, and I make a good living. My work involves a lot of "data entry", verification, blah blah. I am a programmer at heart and figured out how to make a script do all my work for me. Between co workers, they have a 90% accuracy rating and 60-100 transactions a day completed. I have 99,6% accuracy and over 1.000 records a day. No one knows I do this because everyone's monthly accuracy and transaction count are tallied at the end of the month, which is how we earn our bonus. The scum part is, I get 85-95% of the entire bonus pool, which is a HUGE some of money. Most people are fine with their bonuses because they don't even know how much they would bonus regularly. I'm guessing they get €100-200 bonus a month. They would get a lot more if I didnt bot.
So reddit, am I a scumbag? I work about 8 hours a week doing real work, the rest is spent playing games on my phone or reading reddit...
That's a very interesting scenario and for me, there is no right or wrong answer. I would never label you as scumbag because the compensation structure was setup by the management team partially allowed the scenario to happen. It's a pity because it sounds like you have a lot of potential and your skills can be better used elsewhere to improve other areas of the company. Your managers should be aware enough to realize this.
Of course, on the other hand, you could also take the initiative to try to help your coworkers improve themselves and their productivity. Time spend playing games on your phone or reading reddit could've be partially used to help encourage other members on your team. Maybe the compensation structure deters you - but I am sure some if not all of your coworkers would really appreciate your help (technical or non-technical).
"Reddit, my friends call me a scumbag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I?" - http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/tenoq/reddit_my_f...
> Hired full time, and I make a good living. My work involves a lot of "data entry", verification, blah blah. I am a programmer at heart and figured out how to make a script do all my work for me. Between co workers, they have a 90% accuracy rating and 60-100 transactions a day completed. I have 99,6% accuracy and over 1.000 records a day. No one knows I do this because everyone's monthly accuracy and transaction count are tallied at the end of the month, which is how we earn our bonus. The scum part is, I get 85-95% of the entire bonus pool, which is a HUGE some of money. Most people are fine with their bonuses because they don't even know how much they would bonus regularly. I'm guessing they get €100-200 bonus a month. They would get a lot more if I didnt bot.
So reddit, am I a scumbag? I work about 8 hours a week doing real work, the rest is spent playing games on my phone or reading reddit...