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That's great. This probably wasn't the first dumb thing the execs asked them to do.
by peteradio 8y ago
That's great. This probably wasn't the first dumb thing the execs asked them to do.
- ergothus 8y agoI do have a story about how many mid-level managers met weekly for months to develop a "more efficient" order-of-tasks for janitors to clean the bathrooms. They claimed the new process would save $100,000 over 3 year (IIRC). Reading the fine print found that they also transition to transparent sandpaper as toilet paper, which accounted for most of their savings. I never got to ask a janitor, but I'm pretty sure I can guess the respect the idea of a "do these tasks in this order" coming from people that had never done the job would get.
- itronitron 8y agothere's a good chance they were put on that task in order to keep them from improving efficiency in other areas