Teenager Squatted in AOL’s Offices for Two Months Unnoticed
26th May 2012
Eric Simons, from Chicago, slept on sofas, ate free in cafeterias, and used his days to work on his own start up company, offering teachers the chance to share lesson plans.
Other employees assumed he was a colleague and admired his strong work ethic. Simons would already be in the gym when they arrived at 7am, and he always stayed latest in the office at night.
The ideal employee.
The teenager, who had only finished high school a few months earlier, gained access to the offices when he was part of an official education programme. But when that ended he found his security badges still worked so he stayed.
Just think of what he could have accomplished if he’d been a window washer.