Employee automates 15 hours of weekly work, only to get fired by boss immediately after: ‘I literally worked myself out of a salary’

Sometimes, staying inside the box is much more beneficial.When we start a new job, one of our main objectives is to prove our worth. We want our boss to see our work and feel happy that they hired us. We want to impress our colleagues and show everyone we are valuable employees with a lot to bring to the table.In reality, that is much easier said than done, but not for the reasons you might think. You can be the best employee in the world, and bring in the most impressive results, and still not get the recognition you deserve. Even worse, some employees would tell you that putting in "better" work will actually lead to the opposite result, going as far as leaving you without a job.How does that happen? The story below is the perfect cautionary tale.This employee started a job as a coordinator and immediately noticed that the team was wasting 15 to 20 hours a week on tasks that could be easily automated. So, wanting to improve productivity, the employee built a few templates to help with these tasks and ended up freeing significant time in their work schedule. They imagined that by doing so, not only would they impress their boss, but they would be able to free themselves up for hi…

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