While, in theory, seniormanagementis a role that requires a vast array of skills and knowledge, it’s not at all hard to find examples of folks who are given power and who then immediately run their organization into the ground. Everyone makes mistakes, but ignoring what your specialists are saying is just plain incompetent.
A mansharedhis bit of malicious compliance when a company fired the legacy software team and ordered them to destroy any and all documentation. Despite being told all the risks, management wouldn’t budge. We got in touch with the netizen who made the post to learn more.
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So one man described the aftermath of management getting rid of the folks in charge of legacy software
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All too many people can relate to management doing something dumb
Bored Pandagot in touch with the man who made the post and he was kind enough to share some more details. Naturally, we wanted to hear if there have been any updates. “Nothing much at this point, as it’s all very recent & ongoing. According to my former colleagues, it’s just a nightmarish quagmire ofpaperwork& excel for everyone. Nothing difficult in theory, but tedious & time consuming. On the positive side, they’re making some decent overtime pay. The company is apparently “bringing in a specialist consultant shortly” to have a go at fixing it. The rumor mill says it’s one of the legacy staff, but nothing concrete yet.”
“I guess between those two categories, I caught a larger amount of people’s interest than expected. Probably helps the tale isn’t convoluted either, just a straight “Staff gone, and now there’s a problem which only they could fix”. Easy reading so to speak.” It’s also the sort of topic that is ultimately pretty relatable, unfortunately. Almost everyone has encountered at least one manager who made a trulyblock-headeddecision. Similarly, companies, or at least key decision makers will often not have asolid graspof who actually does what.
Hiring specialist and then ignoring them is not a great way to run a business
“A few people pointed out affordable data storage costs. Apparently the company felt that even a small spend on data storage was unnecessary. Others asked why the Legacy team aren’t all returning as expensive consultants or why they didn’t keep a copy for themselves,” he shared with Bored Panda.
“I suspect keeping a personal copy would probably be breaking some kind of law, and even more so if using it to enrich themselves. And they probably know it’s near hopeless to even try and don’t want to be blamed for the failure. Plus of course, all but one have new jobs to be doing (the other decided to just retire early).”
Some folks wanted more details
Many thought that this was a classic case of “to make your bed and lie in it”
Some shared similar examples
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