Phytanic t1_iudvj9i wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Reply to comment by Inevitable_Egg4529 in Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou by KimCureAll

> They literally do nothing all day

I've had a job like that before and it's truly miserable. i would, quite literally, show up to work for days and even weeks at a time and do nothing but sit on my phone because there was nothing to do.

Lumpyyyyy t1_iue128d wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Seems like a great time to get paid to learn a new trade/skill

Gtp4life t1_iuf1tik wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Agreed, bring a laptop and get in some classes. I’m sure plenty of college students would love to be paid to sit in a room and do the classes they were already in anyway.

Ok_Yogurtcloset8915 t1_iugag6w wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:25 AM

this depends on exactly what kind of nothing you're paid to do. if they leave you alone and don't pay attention, it's grand. if they do pay attention so you have to look busy while doing nothing, it's misery.

[deleted] t1_iue4k58 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:17 PM

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Mirenithil t1_iue5w4p wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Yeah, agreed. I had a job like that too in the years before the internet was a thing, and I read so. many. books. You know a job is going to be stupendously boring when the bosses provide a TV for you to watch.

Modal_Window t1_iug3xs4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:34 AM

If the pay's decent, that actually sounds kind of awesome to me.