At the end of 2019, I found a part time job doing office management for the subcompany of a large retail chain. (Not US based). Then Covid hit, and I was essentially left with nothing to do. A mixture of depression and “fuck it” set in and I did almost nothing, came in occasionally to show my face and pretend I was working, but I didn't give a rat's ass and the company didn't really know I existed for the most part – at least in the parent company I was only a number.
My direct boss (the one I had for about 9 months of this time) spoke not a single word with me. Not. A. Single. Word.
Had I wanted to, I could have cruised by like this on half a buttcheek for years – I actually wanted to get out and get a better job, and I did, but it would have been possible.
Half the staff were putting in the bare minimum, too, I can guarantee that.
To be honest I was kinda proud of this – I was getting paid and didn't have to do much – but I was also unhappy there. So, long story short, this kind of job exists and one thing I learned there was that most “office workers” give zero shits about their jobs & just wanna get paid and go home.
So yeah. Slack off. Have pretend meetings. Call in sick. Do the bare minimum. You don't owe them more🤞