I'm a retired software developer that sat at home and did nothing, when the company I worked for got bought. No new projects, nothing, just collect a paycheck. I did this for 6 years. On Wednesdays I would roll into the office around ten, drink coffee with the engineers and leave at noon when everyone went to lunch. My new "boss" was a thousand miles away and never called.
I became a stay-at-home dad and paid for my kid's college. The 2008 bust finally stopped my cash cow "vacation".

The problem is that in many cases, when they cut jobs, they often cut the meat instead of the fat. That’s because the dead wood tends to be good at taking credit for the work of others.

The unfair distribution of work is the real problem. The people who do work are quietly working their ass off for no recognition; while the people who do nothing are paid to do nothing because of nepotism, quotas, or politics. There is plenty of work. It’s just not doled out fairly.

So they're cutting pointless corporate jobs, you think those savings are going to the people who ACTUALLY hold the organization together? NO, that's going to CEO bonuses and shareholders.

Business hierarchies are breeding grounds for sociopaths.

Last office job I worked (2009) it was discovered that an upper level manager was getting paid $192k a year to basically show up and sit in his office and do busy work. From what I could determine, his job was to call clients and ask if they had any issues. If the client did he would simply transfer them to customer services. He did less than 50 calls a week

30% of my team does the work in my department. 70% are dead weight.

Can't fault the guy getting paid for 6 years without anyone noticing he wasn't there. Congrats!

Our receptionist is not a flunky. Someone needs to receive guests. Do you just want them wander around the office?  She’s managing the office too.

I feel bullshit jobs are the most susceptible of being replaced by AI, however, they are the most excited for AI because for the first time it has given them the illusion of competence.

Are receptionists really “flunkies?” It sucks when our receptionist is out and the other staff have to cover the desk, answering calls and checking in patients.

In a few years theres going to be a massive shortage of skilled workers because companies have cut so many entry level roles to save a few bucks.

I told my general director that if my supervisor up and disappeared it would have no impact on my job. They only thing she did was do my performance review. She was off doing other things and never showed up for meetings or made any decisions.

In my last corporate job, I had a few colleagues who were literally scratching their balls the whole day, talking without even breathing, and a particular one who used to drive me crazy by yapping all day while I was busting my a**. I was completely shocked how they are not even hiding.
Also, most executives would be lost without their assistants.

Don't forget HR. Most useless job ever.

Companies considering cutting pointless jobs should start with HR. Keep one HR person to meet and greet, and replace the rest of HR with AI. Ai can answer phones, process resumes, and schedule interviews.

Years ago, I attended a training course at my company. At the beginning, everyone in the group introduced themselves and explained what they did at the company. One woman proudly described her role as a “process manager” in the process department. Her job essentially involved drawing process diagrams that illustrated how a process in our company should run, for example, the goods procurement process or even the process for ordering cookies and coffee for a meeting.

Everyone in the group looked puzzled and said they had no clue we even had a procurement process, let alone a department that designed and published processes! She got furious at first, then went silent for the rest of the day.

I think it was because, in that very moment, she realized that all the hard work she had done over the past few years had absolutely zero impact on anyone else and meant nothing to them.

As long as we have politics and lobbyists running society, there will be enough room for people that gets paid for nothing

I wish I had a fake job where I could do no real work and collect money from.  Unfortunately having a real one won’t stop it from potentially being cut and outsourced abroad.

What’s funny is imagining all of the people with bullshit jobs watching this video who know full well they’re useless but hope nobody calls them out on it.