[justizin]

This is called, "The Tyranny of Competence", and is hostile to other workers.

Companies also don't have a way to quantify this, and sometimes will hesitate to term someone, until they are fed up and will just decide it is worthwhile at all costs.

I have worked with or been the successor to folks who did this and it made me absolutely furious, and reflected poorly on my performance.

[letitbeirie]

> hostile to other workers

It's also hostile to the practitioner if they last long enough at the same company.

I end up reinventing my "clever" (until I forget the context at least) hacks more often than I care to admit and I'm not actively trying to sabotage my company.

[uoaei]

Yeah, leaving your fellow employees out to dry is absolutely not class warfare, except insofar as it is friendly fire.