A software developer was recently fired after his employer discovered he had secretly outsourced his entire job to China for about 20% of what he was making. And, since he had so much free time on his hands, he also accepted a bunch of freelance gigs and outsourced all of those too. Clearly he is a genius.

A case study presented by the security team at Verizon, the gentleman in question was very interested in Reddit, eBay shopping, and watching cat videos during working hours.

So he allegedly outsourced his work to China. Yes, all of his work. He did nothing at all -- workwise, that is, according to Verizon.

However, the Verizon folks say he also attempted to perform this liberating ploy simultaneously on other companies -- presumably he was accepting freelance projects on the side.

The best part is the company valued him highly, as the work was of an excellent standard.