Well I'm not, but they'll probably fire me eventually.
Job: grocery stock clerk. Pay:$13/hr
The op:
I told the right people that I was seeing a new psychiatrist and adjusting to new meds. That gave me an excuse to erratically show up late for a couple weeks. Then I faked having Omnicron and let their incompetent corporate covid policy cover for my lack of a test. I stalled working for them for 2 weeks before “recovering”.
Now I come in when I want for as long as I want. They desperately need a big man who can single handedly pull out huge pallets of water (which by their own policy should need two people at least). The actual in store management is starting to actually get pissed about it so the writing may be on the wall.
So, potential final phase is to take my immediate manager out for a drink, have a heart to heart about how tough shit is, bond over our shared struggles. I told him, “I want to figure out what's best for you, me and the store.” From this I might get an even better arrangement, or I'll 'help' until they can replace me, then go down the road to the next base wage job.
And who knows, it wasn't a terrible job, maybe I'll get rehired in a year or two for a while.
Anyway, just sharing strategy and tactics. Fuck work.