Boss refuses to try employee's organizational methods and demands things done his way, employee follows, until boss realizes he was wrong: 'He couldn’t find what he needed'

Bosses sure do love to hire people to do a job and then refuse to let them do it their way.

Not to disrespect their authority and skill, but the whole reason one hires someone else to do a job is to let them do it. They can be guided and helped, but if one refuses to let employees try their ways, how do they expect the work to ever get better?

When an employee works at the same place for years, they probably know what they are doing by then. They have their routine, they did the whole 'try and error' thing, and they are sure of their methods and ways to get the work done in the best way possible. To have the boss come in and mess with the whole system is not only frustrating, but it's also quite insulting. It's a way for the boss to say, "I know you've put your heart and soul into this work for all these years, but I know better than you".

The boss in the story below basically said these words to his employee, who's been handling an annual event for years now. They know everything there is to know about planning the event, and they have developed the best methods to handle every single task at hand.

One of the most complicated tasks for the event is handling RSVPs and the data each guest provides, such as dietary restrictions and flight details. The hard-working employee built a well-structured Excel sheet for the committee, and they took a lot of pride in how well it worked. However, the boss decided on a different approach and deleted the employee's sheet. He then insisted that the entire RSVP process be done his way, but the experienced employee could already tell that there were many problems with the boss's system.

Still, the boss refused to try the employee's method, so the employee had no choice but to go along with the boss's way. It wasn't long before the boss realized his mistake, and by then, it was too late to go back…

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