I did exactly the same thing in a data entry job, after the 2001 internet bubble burst.
Semi-Automated a highly repetitive job that took 5 minutes per document to process, down to under 1.
Once we changed jobs, I went to the IT department, they were not happy with people outside their department automating things and had a similar project already.
In the end, a year later my manager was replaced by another that was his ex-wife and suddenly the fact I was wearing trainers to work was an excuse to let me go (though a lot of data entry people did).
It may or may not have been down to the fact, that with my automation, her department would potentially be 1/5th of its size.
That company no longer has their large offices in the town I was in, with inefficient manual processes involving lots of paper.
The good thing that came out of it, was pushing me towards software development.
Semi-Automated a highly repetitive job that took 5 minutes per document to process, down to under 1.
Once we changed jobs, I went to the IT department, they were not happy with people outside their department automating things and had a similar project already.
In the end, a year later my manager was replaced by another that was his ex-wife and suddenly the fact I was wearing trainers to work was an excuse to let me go (though a lot of data entry people did).
It may or may not have been down to the fact, that with my automation, her department would potentially be 1/5th of its size.
That company no longer has their large offices in the town I was in, with inefficient manual processes involving lots of paper.
The good thing that came out of it, was pushing me towards software development.