But you U like prison you get paid and you can ultimately just quit and find something else to do
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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Well getting to go home is huge upside. No free meals and you have to pretend to do something anyway though. Win some, lose some.
No free meals
Just wait until you learn about companies which pay per diem when traveling.
Well you don't get to go home those days so it needs to be balanced out.
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IBM used to do this. A friend my mine was caught up when her employer was bought-out while she was on maternity leave. She came back to a desk but no work, no role, and no access to computers. She had NOTHING on her list and no way to do it. She wasn't allowed to go home, but had to sit there.
She read. She knitted. She counted the hours until she was back home with the family and kids. Finally after about 10 months, she gave in and got another job. And IBM didn't have to pay severance.
You've clearly never worked Hospitality:
"If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean"
Ive done both, their similarly bad, but i do prefer having nothing to do in most cases
I enjoyed reading this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
It's not that my job is a Bullshit Job, more like an Over-Hire. The vast majority of tasks is done by an existing employee. I was hired to support him, but there is just not enough to do for me.
I think this feeling is used as firing practice in Japan called Oidashibeya.