Getting Paid To Do Nothing

(From The Wall Street Journal -- By Jeffrey McCracken)

In his 34 years working for GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, one of JERRY MELLON's toughest assignments came this January.

He spent a week in what workers call the "rubber room."

The room is a windowless old storage shed for engine parts.
It is filled with long tables, Mellon said, and has space for about 400 employees.

They must arrive at 6 am each day and stay until 2:30 pm,
with 45 minutes off for lunch. A supervisor roams the aisles, signing people out when they want to use the bathroom.

Their job -- to do nothing.

Getting Paid To Do Nothing

[Doesn't Beers have this job already?]