 Although his name has the word " Squid " in it and he has six arms ( Hillenburg designed Squidward with six arms , believing that " it was really just simpler for animation to draw him with six legs instead of eight " . ) , Squidward is an anthropomorphic octopus . He lives in a moai between SpongeBob SquarePants ' and Patrick Star 's houses . The character is portrayed as ill @-@ tempered , pretentious , and cynical who strongly despises his neighbors for their constant boisterous , noisy behavior . However , the pair are unaware of Squidward 's antipathy towards them and see him as a friend . Squidward works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant , a job that he is apathetic towards . 
