'His phone bill was $1,400': Company bean-counters ignore their field salesman's advice; their ignorance costs them $1,400 on their next bill

Always trust your field employee's advice when it comes to field work. The bean counters in the top floor offices with polished floors and ergonomic chairs don't understand what it's like to be out in the streets actually doing the labor of the company. As every blue collar employee or door-to-door salesman knows, when you work out in the real world it's going to be utter chaos– and nothing like how the office employees expected it would be. That's why every company should lean on the intelligence and expertise of their field employees, lest they pay the ultimate price in cold, hard cash.

In our next story, which originally comes from a popular Reddit community, one employee saw the lack luster ignorance of the bean counters at his company put to the ultimate test. When faced with the conundrum of outfitting their employees with the latest gear, the men upstairs at their desks thought it would be frugal to put all of their salesmen on the same phone carrier. However, when u/jasonw_ray01, their top salesman at the time, protested, claiming that provider didn't get reception in his area, they insisted. Scroll for the full story of how one company neglected to heed their employee's warning and got strapped with a $1,400 as a result.

Next on the agenda, here's another work-related story where an employee got payback against his gaslighting boss for an unwarranted pink slip.

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer

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