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Automation has proved itself to be an amazing cutting-edge tool, and knowing how to automate tasks on a computer is currently the holy grail of useful skills, but we are, at the same time, only beginning to see its downsides. For example, the Redditor who shared this story could potentially extinguish the job of an entire department if he shared his hack, so he wouldn’t only have to deal with the loss of his own job but also with the responsibility of getting all his teammates laid off.

Employee finishes his ‘real’ work by 10 in the morning and spends the rest of his day pretending to be busy, leading him to debate whether or to come clean to his boss: ‘I automated 3 hours of my daily work. Now I spend that time pretending to be busy'

Company denies data analyst raise after he automates 70% of daily tasks with Python, boss orders him to stop, as it's making his coworkers “look bad”, he later discovers they hired someone else for the same automation role

Company denies data analyst raise after he automates 70% of daily tasks with Python, boss orders him to stop, as it's making his coworkers “look bad”, he later discovers they hired someone else for the same automation role: 'Paying 20k more than I make'

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Automation employee gets back at entitled boss by adding a code line to company's budget sheet that makes it impossible to give boss a raise: ‘I don't feel guilty’

Automation employee gets back at entitled boss by adding a code line to company's budget sheet that makes it impossible to give boss a raise: ‘I don't feel guilty’

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Employee automates boss's job and boss's boss's job and gets them both fired: 'I automated all her tasks and the CEO fired her'

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'I clock in every day [and] play video games or whatever': Employee automates all their work being able to complete their 8-hour work day in 10 minutes from home

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Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’

Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’

Elderly homeowner begs couple to move in because she's afraid to live alone, kicks them out 2 weeks later over a work-for-rent misunderstanding: 'We were completely confused'

Elderly homeowner begs couple to move in because she's afraid to live alone, kicks them out 2 weeks later over a work-for-rent misunderstanding: 'We were completely confused'

'I'm your mom!': Mother ignores daughter's warnings and takes a job 2 hours away, then expects to move into her house when the commute becomes unbearable

'I'm your mom!': Mother ignores daughter's warnings and takes a job 2 hours away, then expects to move into her house when the commute becomes unbearable

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