So I recently realized that I had unintentionally done this. In my previous job I did really well, worked hard, got promotions, all the right things. Then I moved to my current job, which I'm leaving end of the month. Looking back, I almost never did more than the bare minimum. In fact, only twice that I remember, but that's a different discussion. The big thing is that after having this “breather job” for the last 3 years I feel ready for taking on the next challenge, so was wondering whether using jobs like this is a thing.