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Originally Posted by nailer
I truly doubt NI is being paid. However I do recall that he was paid for an entire year just to look over his coworker's shoulder, who spent his workday on FB.
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Two years. But only while walking by his desk.
And I give you kudos for remembering that.
BTW, at the turn of the century I was working on a contract at boeing and there was a row of people along a short wall where, as you walked by their row of desks (about 8 guys), you could see what was on their monitor. Their monitors faced the hall at a 45 degree angle so they were easy to see. I only occasionally had need to walk down that aisle, but when I did, over half of them were always on ESPN.com. It was pretty funny to me because I've never cared about sports other than to play them.
And in the mid-90's I was walking by a woman's cube at Nordstrom (I was an actual employee there in IT) and she was really quick to close solitaire, but the image only needs to be seen by a human for the tiniest fraction of a second for one to know what they've seen. I told her not to worry because I wasn't a manager. My old manager at T-Mobile IT used to play solitaire during meetings. She had no problem with it because if she really multi-tasked, it was hard to follow the meetings. In my case, I only need to hear my name and it's time to "spring into action".
I'll also be retiring VERY soon. At the very latest it will be when WFH ends. I'm done with that 3 hour commute and the extra $800 a month it was costing me to drive to work and park my car and pay Louisville income tax. WFH and the virus was a financial windfall for me. As well as a time windfall.