'Your job is only to count. Count, count, count, and count!': Food packing employee reprimanded by manager for pointing out damaged fruit, malicious compliance ensues

Being condescending to your employees is never a good idea. Sure, employees need to try and get in the good graces of their bosses, but the same should be said in reverse. After all, if you're a manager, you don't want the people working for you to be plotting and scheming for your downfall. 

Thankfully, I have been lucky enough to be a part of jobs where anyone with a good idea on how to fix something was encouraged to speak up. However, I have also been in the polar opposite situation, where employees are made to feel small if they are at the bottom of the "food chain," so to speak. This kind of hierarchy is not only pointless but also wildly detrimental to the health and endurance of any company. Why would you shut down the possibility of someone identifying errors just for the sake of flexing your authority? Everyone already knows who's in charge!

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