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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by digianarchist on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:41PM (#29583599)
I had a coworker at a government job that clocked in doing no work for 6 months. They were going to PIP him when I left but he's still there now.
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by abledon on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:30PM (#29584195)
reminds me of this gem on a previous thread similar to this from 8 months ago:

> My supervisor said to me "This guy can spend 100% of his time trying not to get fired. You can spend maybe 2% of your time trying to get rid of him. Who's gonna win?"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26727803

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by brodouevencode on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:00PM (#29583855)
It's also the government. There are generally more barriers to firing someone than to hiring them.
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by digianarchist on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:25PM (#29584133)
It had been done before. Most people were packaged out though.
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