re: A coworker that you have no clue what they do?

We had a girl who became offended by something a co-worker said, both were new and young. So she goes to HR to file a complaint. Something like this would have normally been very minor, but she unknowingly hit the lotto. The company had just started negotiations with a much larger company to be bought and the principals didn't want anything to screw that up. So she was told to work from home, if that was a safe place, and we'd forward her assignments. She basically drew a check for nothing for about 18 months, until the deal was done and the new company started wondering who is this person and what does she do?

I have several that are not direct reports. I seriously wonder WTF they do.

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There’s one guy who sits in a large office with just a laptop, no monitors

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Just take the keys and don't worry bout what i'm doing.

George Costanza pretends to be an employee

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Anyone else have a coworker that you have no clue what their actual job is?

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When you're there long enough you'll have the proper clearance to know what that person does.

I know what most people in my building do because they are very up front about only doing that function and nothing else.

Yes, me. I don't do shite at work.

We hired a guy back in 2014 who did absolutely nothing all day. Paid handsomely for it also. He legit told me that he had nothing to do and asked if I could pass of some of my tasks so he'd look busy. I think his dad knew our boss and maybe it was a favor type thing because his "position" didn't exist until he showed up.

That lasted about four years until the boss took another job and the new boss hired a director. The first thing that new director did was fire him. He had just bought a new car too.

Ironically, that director only lasted 8 months because no one liked his smug arse.

When Hancock took over Whitney Bank, there were a lot of Whitney people with high paying jobs and impressive titles that no one knew what they actually did for the company.

When it was apparent that Hancock wasn't going to let these people just collect a paycheck and occupy an office, they tried to justify their jobs by going out the branches and bugging the staff. It was borderline harassment sometimes.