[sigstoat]

i did some contracting for a place that i think hired one of these guys.

in his case i think he more or less knew what he was doing, and showed up on calls, but delegated the work to some other people.

we’d hear people in the background of his audio discussing things really oddly similar to tasks he’d been assigned and had outstanding. he was putting in (bad) PRs at all hours of day and night, and never had any recollection of any email, slack conversation, or his own PRs.

the company fired him after six months or so.

[AlexITC]

That's a reason to keep doing it, 6 months of income is a considerable amount.

[roguas]

At the same time it makes it shitty for regular folks working remote and like a normal person having bad periods from time to time. There will be way less understanding towards... You are trying to do the right thing, but the dial if turned too tight might blend wrong people.