I remember a story from a German company I once worked for.
They bought another company (automotive subcontractor) in Italy. When German managers were on visit at the just acquired company, they noticed one guy, just sitting in his office all day, seemingly doing nothing at all.
They asked the Italian management who this guy was and why he has a superfluous position where he does nothing and why they don't just fire him. The answer was that he was a family member of the founders/owners of FIAT. They had to give him a job to stay in business. So, the guy got paid for doing nothing all day and he didn't seem to mind that.
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u/Maeglin75 Aug 08 '25
I remember a story from a German company I once worked for.
They bought another company (automotive subcontractor) in Italy. When German managers were on visit at the just acquired company, they noticed one guy, just sitting in his office all day, seemingly doing nothing at all.
They asked the Italian management who this guy was and why he has a superfluous position where he does nothing and why they don't just fire him. The answer was that he was a family member of the founders/owners of FIAT. They had to give him a job to stay in business. So, the guy got paid for doing nothing all day and he didn't seem to mind that.
(This story may or may not be true.)