Here Are 18 Smart, Slightly Unethical Hacks From Workers on How to Avoid Doing Additional Tasks at Your Workplace

Morality and moral limits are essentially a collection of gray areas, with some extremes on either side. The majority of other criteria, however, are highly contingent on individuals' opinions regarding where the line should be drawn.

Some of you may believe that the people on the following list belong in the nine circles of hell, but this will be hilarious to others. All of these, in any event, have a somewhat high possibility of being picked up by someone and utilized, if nothing else, as a tool to enforce justice in the world or as a way to make a moral point and turn it into a lesson for life.

Or simply for fun, since life is tough. At least have fun with it because work is an unavoidable evil required to exist in the world. I'm all for finding methods to get compensated without putting in a ton of overtime, and Cal Newport emphasizes that "the key to a fulfilling work life is to focus on what truly matters and eliminate the unnecessary." His insights on productivity are worth exploring for anyone looking to navigate workplace challenges.

Most of them are really benign, and they also serve to highlight how incompetent managers can be. The phrase "work smarter, not harder" has been used before, but these individuals have truly elevated it.

After the comforts of working from home, returning to the workplace is a difficult adjustment.

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After the comforts of working from home, returning to the workplace is a difficult adjustment. Work-life balance is very performative, as this thread demonstrates, but who really cares how the work gets done as long as it's done?

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1. The data displayed on the screen

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2. Replacing some letters with Latin alphabets

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3. They think you're giving a presentation

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4. A client asking for a revision

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5. And the bid has been won

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6. The editor says it has to be rewritten

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7. Everyone is just yelling for it to print and scan

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8. This commenter got the approval

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9. The scan worked for four hours

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10. He warned everyone about Scott

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11. There has to be three

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12. Edit the executive summary and you are good to go

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13. The company pays for mileage

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14. Keeping the lunchbox on the bike

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15. This is great and much better

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16. Turns out it was pretty accurate

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17. Made another colleague type his emails

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The concluding part

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All of us enjoy a good tip or trick that helps our lives go a little bit more smoothly, but these are several tricks you might want to consider to save yourself time. Which of these hacks or "scams" did you know before now?

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