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'He can't really do anything about it': Boss gets rid of work group's car to save money, they use his instead

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    Tire - "Guess who has a take home vehicle? The Fleet Manager. 1-0015
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    Font - Posted by u/Dont TouchGrandad Just book a car out.. Great idea! S OC I work in a large organisation within a team that is on the road and on the move almost full time. Naturally, we have a car assigned to our team. That was until a new fleet manager started and decided that we should instead be utilizing the car booking system, and sold our car.
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    Font - The car booking system is basically this; If you have a take home vehicle as a part of your package, you must have it on the car booking system so that anyone who may need a vehicle to run an errand can book a car and take it.
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    Font - Guess who has a take home vehicle? The Fleet Manager. So we started booking it out full time and when he needs to run an errand, he has to book someone else's car. He officially hates us and definitely knows we are being malicious but he can't really do anything about it.
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    Font - Cfwydirk 21 hr. ago . The price the Fleet Manager must pay for trying to get a raise from ng over those needing a company car. SC Good on you and your team, following the rules. Bravo! Vote Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - evilbrent 21 hr. ago I used to work at a factory where the production manager had the only company car. It was part of some insane (possibly unethical) salary package where he got a car and fuel on top of his salary and he used it to commute 2 hours each way and use it all weekend on his farm.
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    Font - Anyway, I'd go borrow his car to go on errands, and he'd always say "Can't you take your own car? What if you have a crash?" and I'd always say "That's why I'm taking the company car." Ah fun times... Vote Reply Share
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    Font - HouseNumb3rs 21 hr. ago Usually the "gifted one" that come up with these hare brained schemes are not affected by it. But every once in a while, shooting oneself in the foot is very nice to see. Vote Reply Share speculatrix 17 hr. ago Yes, this might also be welcome in r/leopardsatemyface Vote Reply Share ..
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    Font - algy888 21 hr. ago If he calls you out on it and tells you that you should be booking someone else's car, you can reply "But that wouldn't be fair. They didn't come up with this great cost saving idea." Vote Reply Share a13x_on_reddit. 14 hr. ago Book out his bosses car. Vote ●●● Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - Dr_StrangeloveGA 17 hr. ago I work in IT for a very large US university. We support units all over campus, 30 minutes to an hour from one end of campus to the other, plus have to haul around all kinds of computers and monitors and such on a daily basis. Got the call that we couldn't have vehicles anymore because "we didn't drive enough miles per year". No if ands or buts.
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    Font - Replied, no worries, YOU explain why we cant support anyone other than the folks in the building where our offices are located. Got escalated to our VP who basically told motor pool to go fu themselves. Turns out there IS an exception to the rule. Guess who still has both vehicles? Vote Reply Share
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    Font - cosmic_collisions 22 hr. ago another new middle manager with no brains Vote Reply Share OrgJoho75 18 hr. ago You mean a mangler? Vote Reply Share
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    Font - Coolbeanschilly 19 hr. ago Keep doing it until he either quits or changes the policy. Double down on it, triple down on it. ALL THE DOWNS! Vote Reply Share
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    Font - CoderJoe1 22 hr. ago He got carjacked! Vote . Reply Share
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    Font - InValidSinTax 11 hr. ago ● You now also need to make sure everyone using this car takes a strongly scented lunch with them. Don't make a mess.... just be 'fragrant' Vote Reply Share

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