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[quote=Anonymous]My experience at Freddie was hilarious.

I joined an office that was intended as a “redundant fail safe” post 9/11 - meaning if HQ blew up, they’d be able to keep the lights on because of their redundant teams. Surprise surprise, there was no work to do.

I regularly worked from home M and F. Then I started team golf day on W. Then I started working from home 4 days a week. Eventually I just stopped going in altogether. I had one daily “standup” call at 8am which I dialed into, never got asked a question, and then spent the day doing whatever I wanted.

I tried to volunteer for work - recruiting, diversity hiring, etc - every time I did I got my hand slapped for “stepping into so and sos responsibilities”. Eventually I just stopped trying to find ways to add value, made peace with the idea that if they wanted to pay me to do nothing I’d be fine with it.

I spent about a year at home, cooking, working out and such before I got so bored I went in and quit. By then, the only emails I got were those sent to distribution lists, my manager hasn’t spoken to me 1:1 in 6 months, and I’d stopped even trying to call into the daily meetings because I hadn’t been asked a question for at least 9 months.

When I went in to quit, they offered me a retention package to stay. I stuck around for another 6 months “transitioning” my work to no one.

It’s worth noting I flat out told HR the reason I was quitting was because “I’ve done less than hour of work in the last three months and I’m tired of volunteering and being told to stop”. They STILL have me a retention package.

To say the place was dysfunctional is to put it mildly. I had a fun two years working on my own interests, but for those that stuck around longer, it was a fantastic place to find your skills and employability completely atrophying. [/quote]

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