how to keep cupcake job from getting nerfed?

[brainhulk]

My duties are extremely light now. I literally just spent the whole night doing nothing except trying to photoshop a honda accord trunk on to a minivan and some cell phone pics. I hope people don't find out i neff most of the shift. I try to save some work for when the morning shift comes in so i look busy. What are some good strategies to keep easy job easy?

 

[IronWing]

Re-install Adobe Reader.

 

[manimal]

My duties are extremely light now. I literally just spent the whole night doing nothing except trying to photoshop a honda accord trunk on to a minivan and some cell phone pics. I hope people don't find out i neff most of the shift. I try to save some work for when the morning shift comes in so i look busy. What are some good strategies to keep easy job easy?

always have an excel sheet up with documents open on your desk. Lots of stacks of paper. Complain about your workload. get some dirt on your supervisor by getting them drunk and take picts.

oh and start playing mind games. Lots of mind games

 

[SunnyD]

Re-install Adobe Reader.

He said he wants to keep the job still being cupcake... not make it harder.

 

[Fritzo]

Get a clipboard, carry it where ever you go, and always walk fast while looking at it.

 

[IronWing]

He said he wants to keep the job still being cupcake... not make it harder.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36501800&postcount=1

 

[surfsatwerk]

I came her hoping to hear about an easy job making cupcakes.

Edit: The Lifer forum is a lie.

 

[IronWing]

I came her hoping to hear about an easy job making cupcakes.

Edit: The Lifer forum is a lie.

It used to be awesome. Then they replaced it with the H&G forum. You just missed it by a few hours. I hope they saved the archive. Plenty of blackmail material.

 

[surfsatwerk]

It used to be awesome. Then they replaced it with the H&G forum. You just missed it by a few hours. I hope they saved the archive. Plenty of blackmail material.

 

[boomerang]

Edit: The Lifer forum is a lie.

No, it isn't. You just haven't gotten your invite yet as it can up to 10 days. Your first notification will come in a PM to log into a site for the confirmation test of your worthiness. Most everybody passes on the first try. That PM should come within a week.

 

[Jeff7]

Go into BIOS and turn off you L2 cache.

 

[Exterous]

I find that walking fast while carrying something that could be job related (binder, Power supply, empty shipping box but acting like it has something in it) is a great way to make you look busy. The box is really helpful because you can pretend its heavy if someone tries to stop you to talk

 

[poofyhairguy]

What are some good strategies to keep easy job easy?

Top 5:

1. Make sure what little you do is put in front of the person who matters. Idiots do all this hard work in life and then no one notices and then they complain why others have a lighter workload. You are what people can see, nothing more. Make sure all of what you do is seen, and then pretend its the normal fraction of your work that the boss sees for other people.

2. Get a better mouse, one with many buttons. Make one a minimize button.

3. The always leave an Excel spreadsheet open is a good one if it applies.

4. When someone gives you a task, always negotiate it because "you have so much to do." Even if you don't lessen the task, it gives the impression you are barely making it.

5. Find the person who is actually doing all the work and carrying your ass and be REALLY nice to them. Buy them little presents for holidays, bring them coffee or food if you can. Because if they complain, your gig might be up.

 

[Ruptga]

Three words: chore cross section
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3363

 

[Imp]

I did that for years... I eventually quit because they were wasting my time and I started feeling really guilty. It got so stupid that in the last few months, I experimented by seeing how many months I could go without having anyone check in on me... Answer: more than four months. My position was a developmental one except no one seemed interested in providing development, even when I asked -- I stopped asking after being turned down and ignored for the first two years repeatedly. When I wasn't turned down, I got garbage busy work that never got used -- filed and thrown into corner.

My cover:
1. Always have an open Powerpoint or Excel file, maybe a PDF manual.
2. Always have Outlook open in background to swap to.
3. Use, at most, 3/4 of screen to surf to make easy switch.
4. Don't tell anyone important.

 

[surfsatwerk]

No, it isn't. You just haven't gotten your invite yet as it can up to 10 days. Your first notification will come in a PM to log into a site for the confirmation test of your worthiness. Most everybody passes on the first try. That PM should come within a week.

snipe hunting?

 

[z1ggy]

Honestly thought OP made cupcakes. Damnit.

 

[boomerang]

snipe hunting?

Hmm, too obvious - dang.

 

[boomerang]

I find that walking fast while carrying something that could be job related (binder, Power supply, empty shipping box but acting like it has something in it) is a great way to make you look busy. The box is really helpful because you can pretend its heavy if someone tries to stop you to talk

We used to refer to that as a prop. Even a piece of paper that you are intently looking at will work. When approached by a co-worker you then make an attempt to conceal it. Makes them think it's some secret shit that only you know about which is good for an peripheral bonus.

 

[Imp]

We used to refer to that as a prop. Even a piece of paper that you are intently looking at will work. When approached by a co-worker you then make an attempt to conceal it. Makes them think it's some secret shit that only you know about which is good for an peripheral bonus.

lol... I did that with a clipboard all the time.

 

[Mai72]

How?

1. Buy knee pads
2. Pucker up your big lips
3. Get on your dirty knees
4. Profit. $$$$

 

[krose]

Look annoyed

 

[Newell Steamer]

Create process flow charts of various shit:
- the data exchange between systems
- the automated back ups,...
- ,.. and what they back up,...
- ,.. when they are backed up
- throw in some trouble shooting scenarios, you decide

Print all those flow charts out, post them up on your office/cub wall and just constantly scribble stuff all over them. Make it look like you are refining and fine tuning things.

Oh, and print in b&w on letter size paper, just so you can make it hard for anyone to read AND you give the impression that you are conscious of saving paper and toner.

 

[Rage187]

5. Find the person who is actually doing all the work and carrying your ass and be REALLY nice to them. Buy them little presents for holidays, bring them coffee or food if you can. Because if they complain, your gig might be up.

This should be number one. FB friend that motherfucker and like his posts of him and his ugly wife and kids.

IM him during the day just to thank him for understanding and also carrying his weight.

 

[OverVolt]

Study something useful and just keep an excel page up.