Which of these is the world's laziest employee?

Procrastination affects all employees at some point or another. Often, it doesn’t require any intervention at all and is just a healthy way to unwind between projects. At other times, it might require a team leader to get to the root of a disengagement problem.

And then, there’s the case of 'seekinginstructions'.

This poor reddit user posted their sorry tale in the ‘Today I f***** up’ forum, explaining that they are a student in university with a ‘cushy’ research position with a professor.

“The position is part administrative in that I go in and help the professor with research, answering phone calls, etc,” they explained. “However, for the majority of the time that I go in to "work," the professor isn't there, and I'm expected to work on my own research project.