How To Get Paid To Do Nothing (Not)
Forbes writer Susan Adams tackles the concept of “Michelangelos of work avoidance,” or people who are so good at not getting work done that you don’t even realize they’re not getting work done.
She says that people who don’t delete their voicemails, for example, give others the impression that they’re so swamped they don’t even have time to delete voicemail.
And people who hint to their boss that they’ll fail at whatever task they’re assigned won’t get assigned those tasks anymore.
And, she says, these folks can keep their jobs for years, possibly even get promoted.
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