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    Man, who is paid Rs 1.06 cr annually, sues company for making him do absolutely nothing at work

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    The man claimed that he spends most of the time at work reading the newspaper, eating sandwiches and going for a walk.

    Story outline

    • What would you do if you landed a job that paid over Rs 1 crore a year but you pretty much had no work to do?
    • While most people would do anything to bag a job with higher salary and low work demand, this man wasn't impressed
    • Dermot Alastair Mills, who works at Irish Rail in Dublin, sued his employer for not giving him any wor
    • The company pays him around Rs 1.06 crore a year
    Most people dream of having a job that cushions them, where they have no to little work while the salary helps pay their bills, or even make their life even more comfortable.

    What would you do if you landed a job that paid over Rs 1 crore a year but you pretty much had no work to do? While many would call that a 'dream job', an employee has actually taken his boss to court for his 'boring' work.

    According to a report in Mirror.Co.UK, finance manager Dermot Alastair Mills, who works at Irish Rail in Dublin has dragged his employer to court for having no work despite being paid a whopping £105,000 per year ( Rs 1.06 crore approximately.

    The man claimed that he spends most of the time at work reading the newspaper, eating sandwiches and going for a walk. The drastic reduction in work started after he made a protected disclosure nine years ago.

    As per the evidence submitted on December 1 in a hearing into his complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, the man alleged that he has been penalised for speaking out against Irish Rail, a punishment which has now left him with almost no work.

    "I’d say if I got something that requires me to do work once in a week I’d be thrilled," Mills told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in Ireland.

    His job now requires him going to the office three days a week, while staying at home for two days.

    "I go into my cubicle, I turn on my computer, I look at emails. There are no emails associated with work, no messages, no communications, no colleague communications,” Mills recalled what his average day at work is like.

    "I sit and I read the newspaper and I eat my sandwich. Then about 10.30am, if there's an email which requires an answer, I answer it. If there's work associated with it, I do that work," Mills added.

    He even goes for a walk for an hour or two and if there's nothing to be done, then he just goes home.

    "When I say I do nothing, I mean to not use my skills," the man told the court, adding that he also has been blocked out of training opportunities and company meetings.
    ( Originally published on Dec 13, 2022 )

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