Technicians scolded by micromanaging boss for using inefficient machinery, they maliciously comply and cause corporate profits to plummet

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    "Petty revenge by doing your job to the letter"
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    Petty revenge by doing your job to the letter I work in the technical department of a fairly large company. We deal in repackaging stuff. (Imported goods mainly)
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    So what frequently happens is that other companies hire us do process their "in less than optimal condition" products.
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    The other week we had to do a small run and the office decided to use an old machine to run it through. This machine however had been stationary for about 8-
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    9months. For those who don't know, stationary machines tend to deteriorate despite maintenance. There is no substitute for actual production. So what happened is one air hose after the other started breaking.
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    Because we are chronicaly understaffed, the week technicians patch everything up to get it running as fast as possible, and the weekend
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    technicians fix it properly. (This has to do with the contract the sales dept. made concerning who pays what type of technical interventions. Be it our office or the client)
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    The office on the other hand didn't understand why the machine wasn't being more efficiënt and told us off for not doing a propper job of maintaining it. A machine that has been at a standstill for over 8 months doesn't just work perfectly on day one? Shocking, I know.
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    So in an unseen act of comradery, we no longer just patch things, we take the full time to replace everything. Meaning efficiency took a nose dive, the cost shot up like a rocket and the small profit that was forecasted has turned into a 4-digit loss... so far.
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    Tl:dr instead of trying to be as efficiënt as possible, we started doing all the small things the exact way our job description says we should do it. Thus ruining any chance for corporate profits.
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    CoderJoe1 23h ago A perfect MC outcome.
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    Suggetsu 22h ago It's terrible when we apply our job description to the letter
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    klezart 22h ago Work to rule, never fails.
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    SKULLDIVERGURL 19h ago . I recently used the phrase "not in my purview". Boy, did that get a face! But you know what, last time I helped you complained about it so you.
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    Pale-Jello3812 • 17h ago . Yep working to the rules every, &. Does tend to slow things down & cost more?
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    aquainst1 14h ago Just as a car that is stationary for 8-9 months. has issues with things breaking, cracking, or just not working (like the battery), so goes the machinery. ANY machinery.

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