Employee accused of skipping work for 15 years

Discussion of a different article about the same person here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26889281

There's an entire slough of old "I automated my job" threads, some of which are more interesting than this story. Perhaps someone will dig up a few.

I actually prefer the "I just kept showing up, and they kept paying me, but I didn't do any actual work" threads, if nothing else for the sheer absurdity of it.

Isn't that common in Italy with the mafia? (i.e. getting your family members on payroll without them having to actually show up?)

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-show_job

In shows like The Sopranos at least they're called "no-show jobs".

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-show_job

It's wonderful the BBC always coming up with these funny workplace examples always from the PIGS countries, and no way to comment them. Here's a pedophile english teacher detained just today in Madrid, Spain, he sexually abused 36 minors. https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2021-04-23/detenido-un-prof...