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It's an Office Space reference. In the movie, the PHBs hold a meeting in which they solemnly instruct all their employees to ask "Is what I'm doing good for th

• jodrellblank 17y ago
  You don't roll your eyes at Office Space because you think "oh no, how will the employees know about the unintended consequences?! What a silly request." You sigh and roll your eyes because it's a patronising request which stamps the bosses authority and makes it clear that the boss thinks all the employees are a bit slow. (Or perhaps because you think it should be up to the boss to decide what's good for the company then organise the employees to do it, and by asking the employees to do that he's trying to avoid work by pushing his job onto the employees while still keeping his position and salary). The parent post I was responding to was suggesting "try to see the unexpected consequences" and I was countering "that's like trying to find all the bugs - you'll never know when you've finished; more helpful would be managerial humility and willingness to notice negative results and revert the changes".