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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ilikemath9999 on 2026-08-16 14:25:18+00:00.

It's never in the job description and never in the title. Not the highest paid person in the room. Often the lowest.

Whoever catches the invoice before it goes out wrong, or knows which supplier will actually pick up on a Saturday. Same person who sees the new one drowning and quietly takes half their work without making it a thing.

The reward for being that person is more of it. You get good at catching things, so more things get routed to you, and none of it shows up on paper anywhere.

You don't find out who it was until they leave. Then everything gets worse at once and it takes a long time to work out why.