How to Idle Your Way to the Top - Beeline for the Most Useless Positions

By eweek | Posted 2012-05-28

Forget working hard to get ahead. Experts say savvy slacking can lead to success.

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Having a useless position-"strategist", "development" or "special projects"-makes it impossible to assess your contribution to the wealth of the company, said Maier. Better yet, once you get one of those positions, never move. "It is only the most exposed who get fired."