such an abnormally productive employee It's not ab-normal. Source: Dilbert.com (seriously, the cartoons are based on real work life and not fiction), countless

such an abnormally productive employee It's not ab-normal. Source: Dilbert.com (seriously, the cartoons are based on real work life and not fiction), countless surveys (just two examples: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/fashion/25busy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/fashion/25busy.html and http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/20/most-americans-are-unhappy-at-work/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/20/most-ameri...), and each time the topic comes up (on reddit for example) the thread explodes and it's almost all negative and "Me too!" when somebody says their job is just like that. I've seen it all over my own career too which let me spend most of my time in other companies and not in one and the same office (I'm an IT freelancer, but it was true even when I was employed). b) give them more work to do There were several Dilbert cartoons about exactly this sometime during the last few months. Examples for fun: 1) http://dilbert.com/strip/2011-12-21 http://dilbert.com/strip/2011-12-21 -- 2) http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-05-17 http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-05-17 -- 3) http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-01-01 http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-01-01 -- 4) http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-08-14 http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-08-14