'I was instructed to stay at my desk, so I did': Boss orders employees to ‘stay at their desk’ in uniform, company crumbles due to drop in production

Genius managers are a dime a dozen, and those in head office have a particular knack for annihilating systems that work, attempting to 'better the work environment' for ego's sake. Brilliant ideas range from inefficient procedures, changing working hours, or introducing a new, uncomfortable uniform that doesn't suit the 'work environment' they're trying so hard to fix. In this case, OP was working in an industry that they claim is logically equivalent to the warehouse industry. OP mainly did administration work, but helped out in other areas as well. Well, as stated previously, some managers are geniuses, and this one was both a manager and in head office, so double the trouble. He decided new uniforms were in order, and chose the heaviest fabrics, divided them into 3 pieces, topping them off with a pair of heels.

OP could no longer help work machinery when wearing this ridiculous outfit but was guaranteed they wouldn't have to. Unfortunately, they were short-staffed, so if OP wouldn't, who would? After having nobody step in to help, the company began missing deadlines, which resulted in angry clients and a tough drop in production. Soon after OP had a meeting with management and HR, which resulted in the uniform getting tossed.

Scroll down for the full detailed account of events. For more stories like this, here is a team of students who missed their MVP project deadline after they told their teacher to 'back off', resulting in a big, fat zero.

Like what you see? Follow our WhatsApp channel for more.

Posted by Eleonora Bader

Advertisement

Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!

Tags

new-manager boss workplace-stories head-office hr malicious compliance malicious-compliance-reddit petty revenge work-uniform warehouse-industry understaffed-employees company reproduction

Next on FAIL Blog

Scroll down for the next article

Comments

Advertisement

Hot Today

POPULAR

'He wanted to see every line of code in this project': Company CTO accuses freelancer of "faking" project results 1

'Who do you think you are to be here?': Top Karens of the Week (May 9, 2024) 2

'We never intended to hire you': Company calls job candidate into office to take a test, only to tell them they never intended on hiring them in the first place 3

‘Let’s save our time and end this interview': Job candidate walks out of interview after being grilled by interviewer who undermined their experience for the job and demanded they up their game 4

‘Either move or I’ll move you': Woman on flight demands passenger give up his seat after learning the airline double-booked the spot, leading to a dispute when flight attendant steps in 5

Sister evicts brother's family from their family home, wonders if she's wrong: 'Last week him and his family were officially evicted' 6

UPVOTED

20 Poorly-designed items that are almost impossible to clean 1

‘Count me out…’: Man expects rent-free accommodation in brother's new home despite years of estrangement 2

Sister evicts brother's family from their family home, wonders if she's wrong: 'Last week him and his family were officially evicted' 3

'It is exactly as she wanted': Designer gives nightmare client the "ugly" website design she insists on, then refuses to change design 4

'Out of touch with reality': Customer tries to order 800 pieces of chicken and 5 sheet cakes with zero advance notice 5

Coworker gets final raise after 10 years at the company, resigns and gets 15% salary bump at new job: 'Loyalty will make you poor' 6

Advertisement