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Techie Automates 15 Hours of Work into Minutes, Gets More Tasks: 'Never Again'
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News18•20-09-2026, 10:17
Techie Automates 15 Hours of Work into Minutes, Gets More Tasks: 'Never Again'
- •A tech employee automated 15 hours of weekly reporting into less than a minute, hoping for recognition.
- •Instead of a raise, the automation led to increased responsibilities, including taking on a senior colleague's workload and automating tasks for others.
- •The employee's workweek expanded to 50 hours without a pay increase, leading to the realization that 'efficiency usually just gets rewarded with extra work.'
- •The experience prompted a Reddit discussion on workplace efficiency, automation, and the risks of being too productive.
- •The techie now plans to streamline tasks quietly and maintain a standard pace to avoid similar outcomes.
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The employee spent a weekend creating a script that automated weekly reporting, reducing a task that previously took about 15 hours of manual work to less than a minute.
Instead of receiving a raise or recognition, the automated output became the new standard expectation, and the employee was given extra responsibilities including half the workload of a departed senior colleague without any pay increase.
The employee shared their story in the Reddit community r/corporate through a post titled, “I automated half my job, kept quiet about it, and made the mistake of being too fast once. Never again.”
