system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Malcolm in the Middle] What exactly does Hal do for a living?

I know he was a Patsy for some illicit dealings at his old company, but later episodes have him taking off of work for large periods of time to take care of Jamie. What does Hal do, exactly?
gpt
The only real strong indicator was that he was some manner of expendable office drone; at one point he reveals that he won some Kobe beef in an office Minesweeper tournament (which he admits to playing for a sizeable chunk of his work hours any given day). His later employment was likely in the same vein.