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		nemo44x on June 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I'v... He should approach management and offer to automate this process for a lump sum of x-years pay. If they plan on using this method for 5 years then offer 4 years of salary for this tool. Everyone wins. They save a years salary and don't have to deal with data entry errors. He wins because he is paid and can continue to earn more. This is an example of automation and capitalism revealing their best features.

cshenton on June 28, 2017 [–]

Except that under most contracts, the company already owns the code currently used to automate the job.

nemo44x on June 28, 2017 | [–]

You don't sell them that code. You sign an agreement and write new code.

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