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by systems 826 days ago
or to work 1-2 hours per day for dell, and work on their own dream the remaining of the day
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Or do no work at all and keep depositing checks until they eventually terminate you. This takes a lot longer than you think at any large dysfunctional organization.
Well yes but you're going to have to have traded on your reputation to enter a position where they trust you so freely and it's going to take a frustratingly long time to rebuild that reputation afterwards.
It took Initech years to "fix the glitch".
> or to work 1-2 hours per day for dell, and work on their own dream the remaining of the day

I think you might have hit upon why Dell wants people back in the office.

I can tell you from first-hand experience, if I'm not doing much work from home, I'm doing even less in the office. I used to just walk around and bullshit with my colleagues instead of doing work.