Boss Dismisses Employee's Warnings About Manufacturer, Costs Company $65K

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May 6, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

There's something unfortunate that occurs when certain people are put into power. It's as if the newfound authority instantaneously possesses them with the kind of brash God complex that results in them making completely irrational decisions that can ultimately be destructive to the companies that they were tasked with keeping in good health. It sounds like this boss was far out on his own power trip. Well, that all came crashing down, didn't it? For some more juicy malicious compliance drama, check out the time that a Karen presenter demanded a crappier hotel booking, and got it. 

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    Font - r/MaliciousCompliance u/CarltheWellEndowed · 10h + Join 1 How an "n" cost my company $65,000 L This is pretty long, and this story is actually why I originally made an account. Apparently I needed karma to be able to post in this subreddit so it was immediately removed, and I guess a year and a half later is a good time to post this. original post I have been waiting about two months for this fallout in all its glory. I knew my boss would try to make me the fall guy, but I think i employe
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    Font - I work as an office engineer at a mid-sized pre- fabricated concrete structures plant. About 3 months ago, our Plant Manager left spontaneously for a much higher paying gig down south. Due to this, his responsibilities were distributed to whoever had capacity. I was put in charge of purchasing with the caviot that any Purchase Order (PO) over $5k had to be reviewed by that project's Project Manager. This was due to a mistake (due in part to my inexperience and in part my over confidence)
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    Font - Ok onto the story: Our General Manager is acting PM on a project which includes a large steel frame surrounded by concrete modules. I was told to gef this frame quoted by our Canadian metal fabricator. I get the quote back, and throw together the PO. When I look back through the project specifications before sending the PO for review, I see our project has a Buy American clause, not Buy America as we had assumed (almost all of our projects are Buy America and we are very familiar with it)
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    Font - This little "n" makes all the difference. Under Buy America, a Canadian fabricator can use American steel and meet every requirement, however under Buy American, all steel must be domestic, and all fabrication must be done in the US. My GM was out of town on what was essentially a vacation to a project site we have in Hawaii, and was having none of my calls and emails marked as urgent. I informed him in a couple emails and multiple voicemails that we had to go to a different fabricator or
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    Font - Well it finally happened. Our product was delivered yesterday, and today the project owner sent over a inspector to make sure everything was done per project drawings. He noticed the manufacturer right away and told us he would have to reject the product, purely because it does not meet Buy American. In less than 20 minutes I was getting an earful from my GM asking my why this wasnt caught before we wasted over 60 grand on something that would clearly be rejected. I let him finish his ran
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    Font - Now there is nothing left but to wait. Our project will be delayed at least a month, and the Owner of our company is getting involved. I have the emails saved on a jump drive (at home), and the phone logs (while not recording the conversations, show that I left multiple voicemails on the same date) cannot be touched by the GM. Still a bit nervous, but I think I covered myself pretty well. TL;TR My boss didnt want to take 5 minutes to talk to me about a problem I found and directed me to o
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