Trying to keep this as vague as possible in case my coworkers are on Reddit.
I work in the construction industry as an engineer. If any of you are remotely familiar with how this world works, everyone is constantly stressed with working 9 to 12 hours a day, can and do work weekends, having to deal with your field craft, handle RFIs and submittals and other construction documentation while taking part in project scheduling and budgeting etc etc.
I do none of this. I just handle reports and other documentation with minimal field shit. On a typical day, I come in, look at a handful reports, maybe message some people, and pretend to be busy before calling it a half day and leaving early. Like at best my entire daily workload could be done in an hour, maybe less depending on how busy the workload is. I’m pretty sure no one has noticed because they got their own things going on and we’re pretty scattered around many trailers. My boss, who’s stationed elsewhere, has never noticed this (or at least no one has brought it to his attention) and whenever I interact with him to resolve something, he’s praised me for being “hardworking, productive and a crucial member” of the team.
Before you berate me, I actually do detest my job since I feel so useless and I’m trying to find something else.
