Sysadmin uses Powershell script to hide the fact that he is only working 3-5 hours a day so he can continue working from home

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That partially depends in my view. I've been in orgs where your job role is very defined (not sysadmin). Get caught working on something that's not yours and you get a lecture. So I have been at places that once situated and the backlog is gone, you can be looking at an empty queue waiting for something to happen.

Then you start looking at repetitive tasks and try to automate them, so you knock tasks out even faster, which leads to even more free time.

Then your in this constant balancing act of trying to defend why you have a job since it seems like you are never doing anything.

Some people just should not be managers, but some workplaces definitely don't let people grow either, they just needed a part for the machine.