It's remarkable how many times problems could have been solved in most workplace environments were it not for the egos of those in charge. Ideally, any functioning team should thrive on ideas and foresight from anyone involved. There is a difference between overstepping one's boundaries and providing helpful ideas for the whole team's benefit. The latter is called collaboration. It's having a team-building mentality. It should not be interpreted as aggressive or threatening behavior; yet, for the children masquerading as leaders, this can all be misconstrued.
This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/RhondaTheHonda, an iconic username. She was a faculty advisor in a small department within a public college. She noticed a problem within the new restructuring of a program and attempted to address it with the department heads, only to be reprimanded and told to stay in her lane. Of course, eventually, the problem resurfaced and by then, it was too late to fix the system. Even better, it cost the department thousands of dollars.
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