...something your manager tells you to do... There's a principal-agent problem here. The owners of the company don't care about a random manager's feelings. Th

...something your manager tells you to do... There's a principal-agent problem here. The owners of the company don't care about a random manager's feelings. The manager certainly does, however, so much of what any particular manager will require is more about making the manager feel better than about making profits. Other employees are correct to disagree with such misuse of resources.