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by jboons 4162 days ago
Seems like this might be pretty effective. There are plenty of emotional robots out there that won't mind the stress levels and just want to constantly be useful.
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I've worked positions like that, and a critical point not discussed in the ad is you've clearly got "X hours per day" and "X+10 hours of work to do" in that job role, so who prioritizes?

If they trust you to prioritize your own task list, or at least cooperatively list it, its kinda fun and relaxing. "That task is boring" = "Uh, well, there's just no time sorry".

On the other hand, If someone who only works "X/2 hours per day when he's not golfing" is micromanaging your every move and monday morning quarterbacking everything you did during the twice a week on average emergency at 2am while you were drunk (oddly enough, same employer, although a dramatically inferior manager), despite not having a technical background or any technical skills at all, and then complains you get into work five minutes late after being up all night while supposedly on salary, then that's not so good. I quit a job like that twice in my past.

It could be written: Seeking admin who needs constant validation of their existence, with limited desire to improve the system maintainability, who will reinforce the idea that their job is a black art.
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