Failure to perform at work place could pay off.
Frédéric Desnard of France became the envy of workers around the world after he was awarded $45 thousand because he “ there was nothing to do» at his last job.
According to France TV, it is likely that this severance package was the first case of «boredom pay»in French history.
Desnard worked as a manager of the Parisian perfume company Interparfums until 2014. The man claimed that after losing a key client, he was forced to perform the monotonous duties of «pushing papers» for four years, which left him «depressed» and for which he was ashamed.
Desnard's lawyers said in court, that because of such work he even suffered an epileptic seizure. Due to his deteriorating mental health, Desnard left work for six months on sick leave and was fired by a cosmetics company in 2014.
Seeking compensation for his workplace depression, he filed a lawsuit that ruled that there was “oppression of the professional by boredom.” This is the opposite of burnout, where an employee is overworked.
However, Interparfums' lawyers argued that Desnard «never said anything about being bored.»
Even though That it's like a fictitious illness, «boredom fatigue,» psychologists say, can reduce people's life expectancy, causing them to seek «boredom cures» in junk food, alcohol, drugs and «risky behavior.»
