Man profits from self

It’s a worst-case scenario for most employees: There’s someone in China who can do your job quickly, efficiently and for about one-fifth of your salary, and your boss absolutely loves his work. But one U.S. software developer turned this nightmare on its head and actually benefited from outsourcing, a report says. That’s because, unbeknownst to his bosses, he hired a Chinese developer to do his job, allowing him to take home impeccable performance reviews while actually spending the day watching cat videos and shopping on eBay. According to Andrew Valentine, who works on the Verizon Risk Team investigating data breaches, the employee, whom Valentine calls “Bob,” had pulled off the stunt for some time, allowing him to relax and earn a good salary while someone in China did his job for him. Valentine was hired to investigate when the company, a Verizon client, saw that someone from Shenyang, China, was logging in to its computer network during every workday. Bob was sitting there, working at his desk, every day.