Who would have thought not having enough work could be a problem?

For this man, he gets his work done quickly every day. That leaves him with a lot of free time, which was never a problem before, but after some desk changes, he’s worried.

He’s come to Reddit to see what he can do to make it look like he’s working more.

Let’s see what they said…

Afraid my boss will finally see how unproductive I really am.

40M autistic, full time worker for 6 years. Joined in 2018, open plan office.

Just before 2020 I told my co workers that to help me with a sense of routine/structure/same stuff different day most importantly consistency, I needed a permanent desk.

Being a facilities coordinator we have the stickers to make this happen. I chose a desk, and the rest is history.

Seems like a good set up.

I have written on here before, about people not respecting it, I would get in to work in the mornings, and someone would be sitting at my desk, either due to them not being able to read/thinking the rules don’t apply to them or just them being “above” it.

Recently I was told my entire team is now moving “under one umbrella” and moving into one room, the mailroom.

I have my tasks I do everyday, I do them well, properly, correctly, on time and very efficiently, and then I just run out of stuff to do.

Since my desk was in open plan, and I am, for lack of a better word, autonomous and anonymous even in my own team, there is no helicopter monitoring, no inbox/outbox, left to my own devices.

As long as he’s working, what’s the problem?

Literally, in full view of people who were “actually working” I would play games on my phone, watch tv, always have my noise cancelling ear phones in etc.

As far as I know, no one complained, and I have got constant positive feedback and end of year reviews, so I don’t think I am doing anything “wrong”.

But now that we are all shoved into one room together, it will make it harder to “hide” with my boss sitting directly opposite me. I’m worried.

Let’s see what advice Reddit users have.

This person thinks it’s best to try and find something new.

Several commenters had suggestions, like this one!

This Reddit user has some pretty easy suggestions.

Overall, the advice was to do his best and wait to see what happens.

There are worse problems than not having enough work to do!

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