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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:50 lol. you made my day!

I don’t work at Freddie but at a big corporation. I’m currently in this position and bored out of my mind. But I have “talent they want to keep”.  I guess this is what happens when organizations get too big and are run poorly.[/quote]

Yea, the crazy thing is Freddie hasn’t been the only place this has happened to me. It was the most absurd example of it to be sure - but I’ve found that it’s pretty easy to end up highly paid and massively underworked if you don’t have good managers who care. The best part about the Freddie story is that when I finally did come back in to quit, half the office had assumed I had just left the company many months ago and was “just visiting”. You can imagine the look on their face when I explained that no, I’d just really gotten into biking and travel.

Sometimes I wonder why I left the job, truth is, I’d probably still be on the payroll if I hadn’t. They just didn’t care.... but I guess my sense of ethics got the better of me. [/quote]

I had a very similar job as a remote employee in the health insurance industry.  When I started I was required to come in to the office once a week.  Within a year or so I was no longer required to come in to the office and I routinely would not have any live contact with anyone in my office for 6-8 weeks at a time.  No meetings, no calls with coworkers, no messaging, no contact AT ALL from my manager.  Nothing.   I was a complete island in my "home office".  I used to joke that I could die at my desk and no one (at work) would know for 2 months. 
 
I also did very, very little work.  I probably logged one hour a day if that.  Everyone at my kids' school thought i was a stay-at-home mom.

It was good for a while and then became a major problem.  I felt my brain atrophying.  I felt like a fraud.  I debated quitting for month and years but I couldn't because I worried I'd regret it.  Who quits this kind of set-up?  Didn't I have it "great"?  Sort of.  Maybe.

Finally at the 5 year point I was laid off.  I was given a great severance package.  (so ridiculous!!).  Now I'm in my next job and I still somewhat regret the experience because my skills aren't sharp and I missed 5 years of promotions and moving up within a company.

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