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'Too bad about those sales figures': Innovative employee improves buggy app, gets fired by bosses

This employee had to learn the hard way that many companies don't want innovation, they want employees who will keep their heads down. That is a frustrating lesson to learn if you're a bright young person in their first job, ready to tackle any issue. You find an issue, have a great idea of how to solve it and then… your boss just never implements that idea. They might ignore it entirely, or just tell you not to do that. Then you watch as your workplace carries on as usual. 

This guy had an especially rough case of being too smart for his own good. A guy who's bright and thinks outside the box doesn't belong at a company like that one anyway! If your talents aren't appreciated, you start thinking about leaving the job, because there are lots of companies that would love those kinds of smarts. If Jake was stuck at a company that never changed, he'd probably go crazy anyway. Plus, being at a job where higher-ups have sneaky incentives to make employees' jobs harder is just not worth it. 

Next up, this person wanted to fix their car with their grandfather, but as they wrote, "We eventually found out what Grandpa Kevin had done."

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