Man Skipped Work for 6 Years and Was Only Found out after He Was to Win an Award
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You might have skipped the odd day at work over the years with an excuse for being ill or because of a dentist appointment
But how about not attending work for 6 years but still getting your full pay ?
This is what this person in Spain was doing when nobody thought to check on him
And he wasn't a low paid worker , he was a building supervisor for a water treatment plant earning nearly £32,000 a year
He went undiscovered for so long as two different departments thought he was working for the other
They only found out he had been missing when they wanted to give him a 20 years long service award
He didn't get prison, he was just asked to pay back about £22,000 , which is less than one years pay
So he got off pretty lightly , but he still had a cheek to refute the penalty
Maybe he should have took time off on the sick and blamed his conviction ?
www.unilad.com/news/world-news/man-skipped-work-six-years-undetected-awarded-862515-20240710
That reminds me of someone I heard of who 'worked' for a British car company but was never there and I am sure he wasn't the only one!
tumblespots And look what has happened to the industry now T , we don't have one, at least not British owned
telmel And that is probably what contributed to its downfall (People not being actually at work!)
tumblespots I think politics had a lot to do with it T, like the miners and steelworkers , look what is happening with them now down in South Wales , it is not their fault, it is a decline in production and too many imports , beside poor management by the owners and government
Yes there are probably shirkers, they exist everywhere, but its hard to generalise and blame anyone in particular
I bet there is more of it amongst white collar workers than anywhere else , you cannot leave machinery unattended in industry , but you can the desk
It probably happens more often than it's known.
Here's another one:
If only journalists did the same investigative work about the government. Of course not, that's going too far.
PhilipMarc Another hard faced person who didn't care and got away with any sort of punishment
P, it just sends a message to others to do the same if the end result is this
Mad how someone got away with it fir decades. A few weeks I get it but 20 years omg
Jerseydrew I'm surprised the traffic light system didn't malfunction or come to a halt with his lack of maintenance
You hear about things like this happening and i can see how it does. I remember it happened at a job i was at and the manager didn’t want to confront it because it had been weeks and she hadn’t noticed so it made her look bad.
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