r/Maliciouscompliance Dumb Manager Destroys the ENTIRE Company

Literally why get rid of the legacy team BEFORE you have the new system

Chair Story: The boss basically is like "No-one is allowed to be more comfortable than me, only *I* get to be comfortable!". Well, if OP can't be comfortable, noone gets to be either! God, I hate it when people has that "your stuff is my stuff, my stuff is my stuff" mentality.

Story 1: A very simple rule when implementing a new system make sure properly integrated it and the kinks worked out before you obliterate the old one.

That chair story had me shaking my head the whole time. If your CEO’s biggest power move is stealing an employee’s seat, you’ve already lost the plot. Petty bosses, clueless policies, and ignoring the “are you sure?” warning… that’s a recipe straight out of a horror anthology—except this one’s real life.

That last story reminded me of the time a very nice woman had joined our church. She was always impeccably dressed in a nice pantsuit. One day, one of the older women pulled her aside and told her it was disrespectful to wear pants to church and she needed to wear dresses from now on. My husband was our pastor's secretary, so he was privy to a conversation about what leadership could do to discourage this "dresses only" sentiment and be more inclusive. The conversation was paused for the beginning of Sunday services. It happened to be a day when any member of the congregation could step up to the pulpit and speak from their heart. Dear, sweet Sister S (a long-time member of our church) was the first one to speak. I don't know if she'd heard about the dress code nonsense, or if she was just being obliviously awesome, but she proceeded to tell everyone that the only thing that got her out of bed that morning was the thought of being able to wear her new, bright blue tennis shoes to church. She proceeded to prop up her foot on the podium to show everyone. Then she said she was really glad she attended a church where people were just happy to see her and didn't judge her for nontraditional Sunday attire. Pastor and counselors just looked at each other and whispered a prayer of thanks for Sister S. Also, my daughter and I casually added pants to our Sunday wardrobe rotation.

*4th Story:* OP's workplace must be in really bad financial shape if the CEO can't afford himself a nicer chair than one his employee brought from home.

Story 2: "We're upping our minimum percentage before a PRP" "Mate, that'll just get nearly the entire company fired" "0_0 ok…we'll have to change stuff" Nothing like realizing that you were just about to blow up the company because you wanted better performance

One of my cousins has has scoliosis since they were a teen. Early 2000s she was working an office job and her dad (my uncle) bought her an ergonomic chair. When she left the company tried to say it was company property. Her dad threatened to sue if they didn't return the chair, as he had receipts. She still has the chair in her home office.

15:12 I would have shown up in a robe with sandals similar to the ones that Jesus is commonly depicted as wearing in paintings, and if the old bat tried to speak up I would respond, “I wanted Jesus to feel at home.”

Story 1: So you had a full legacy team who knew the previous system and likely could have learned the new system…and you fired them…which lost you access to literally EVERYTHING that made your company?! AND HAD THEM DESTROY EVERYTHING ON OP OF THAT?! That’s the biggest company wide idiocy I have ever heard and honestly…they did it to themselves. Story 2: wow so if someone doesn’t hit quota, they get fired and replaced by…basically a toddler. I love how all the managers basically threw the GM’s new expectations in their faces. It’s funny how new rules makes you suddenly realize you’d lose half or over half your entire staff due to unrealistic requirements. Story 3: so because OP was “rich”, the boss (and HR) decided to lowball him to the point of crippling…even told him “look for other jobs that offer that”….and got sudden shocked pikachu face when OP ACTUALLY finds and gets a job that pays what they “couldn’t afford”. lol don’t screw with the IT guy, anyone who knows all your skeletons, or anyone with special skills you need to keep your work afloat. Story 4: so OP had a nice chair and someone (the CEO) kept stealing it because OP had “a nicer chair”? What in the childish pettiness! I feel bad for the secretary cuz she was in the middle of this nonsense. Story 5: I work from home as a hybrid worker. If I got the choice to fully work from home due to whatever I might need to do that for and suddenly I’m told I can’t cuz “you signed a policy” then yeah, I’m not begging for that (especially on weekends). Story 6: so growing up, in my church, you always dressed in your Sunday best (things have changed since a little before the pandemic but it’s a lot more relaxed now). But who the heck says “your outfit isn’t churchy enough” like God would be personally offended by casual clothes?! These nosy elderly types are annoying. What did she want OP to do? Dress like a nun??? The Bible said “come as you are”, not dress in this specific way