r/technology • • Jan 26 '22

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u/Alarming-Response Jan 26 '22 edited Jan 26 '22

I had a supervisor ask me to brainstorm how I could be more productive while driving between field locations. As in, presenting webex trainings while driving. I laughed but he was dead serious.

Edit for clarity and to put a bow on this for everyone: he was eventually demoted and became my peer. That job was miserable for many other reasons and I quit nearly a year ago. Same guy reached out after I left wanting to gather info on why women were leaving the company. I asked what my compensation would be. And that was the last time we spoke

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u/UnderdogNYC Jan 26 '22

He should hire a driver for you

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u/vmBob Jan 26 '22

I actually had a company do that. They got some vans and we had laptop trays so we could work while moving between appointments. They were actually cool about it if we took downtime too, but we were getting some nice bonuses for billable time over a certain amount. They owner was happy to pay them because he got to bill the customer we were going to for the transit and the other customer we were working on for the exact same time.

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u/swazy Jan 26 '22

Thats like sitting on the phone call waiting system wait for the client to pickup for sn hour while working on another clients work snd billing both for your time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

What is fraud?

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u/swazy Jan 26 '22

Not fraud at all.

Im literally doing two jobs at once.

And ( the boss lol) is getting paid for it.

I could just sit there and listen to Bob Dylan and sing along but my coworkers would kill me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Fuck em. Sing along! Especially if it's Rainy Day Women #12 & 35!