Employee finishes his ‘real’ work by 10 in the morning and spends the rest of his day pretending to be busy, leading him to debate whether or to come clean to his boss: ‘I automated 3 hours of my daily work. Now I spend that time pretending to be busy’ – FAIL Blog

Of course, the easy answer to this ethical dilemma would be to just avoid saying anything at all costs and keep on pretending, but in reality, limiting oneself to relaxing in that self-made limbo is not that easy. On the one hand, managers could eventually realize their employee has been hiding this information the entire time, which would also stir up some conflict, and on the other hand, our friend the worker is left with too many anxiety-filled free hours.