Work is Mad I Automated a Process.

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So I got called into the office by HR, because they sensed unusual activity on my computer. So background: my company had me pick assignments, and you would have to click for up to an hour at a time in order to get work. So my idea was to build a PowerShell script that would refresh, check how many cases there were, and would then grab an assignment. When I did this normally, I would never get a case, but then I went to getting 1-2 cases a day. They then said did you use this in order to slack off, and it was like no, except to grab a glass of water or juice or use the restroom.

It frustrated me that I am trying to improve my lot and not endanger the company, but I get in trouble for it (well they are investigating). One of them was shocked as most people use physical mouse jigglers and this why as a first for them (not a mous ejiggler but something similar). Also a customer at my other job said I should get another job. I wish I could on this job market, it is just disheartening at the moment that people thing I am smart, but then smart jobs require 5 years experience. Grrr. They would rather a work drone.

It's awesome when you have the know-how to write scripts on a whim. Wish I could say the same, I'm very new into PowerShell. It seems so frustrating- They could choose to appreciate your abilities and try to put you to good use, but instead choose to make you feel like your job is in jeopardy. Employers love to focus on the negative.

"No good deed goes unpunished." -- Walter Map (1130 – c1210)

Actually, the phrase is first attested in Walter Map's 12th-century De nugis curialium, in whose fourth chapter the character Eudo adhered to inverted morality "Left no good deed unpunished, no bad one unrewarded".

Well I was reprimanded but not fired. Gonna start my masters and work on using that as a springboard to better things and maybe moving abroad. Thanks for the care peeps.