So my lady friend (recent emaw graduate) works as a city planner for a local government.
In between chatting with friends and watching hulu for hours at a time she estimates she actually works about 2 hours a day. She doesnt want to ask her boss for more work because she's afraid he will realize how little time she actaully spends working.
When I asked her why they hired her if they didnt have any work for her to do she said "Well they if they didnt staff the position they would lose that money in their budget".
Granted she has a masters and is good at her job so she probably gets the work done quicker than the last person they had. At the same time I cant imagine a company in the private sector keeping someone around at full salary and benefits if they only really work about 2 hours a day.
Gotta love the government. I can only image what goes on at a federal level....