Logic

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Do... do they think email accounts are a rare resource? Of all the things to be concerned about, they're worried about conserving something so intangible, cheap, and abundant?

Not sure how that's supposed to help Line Go Up, but okay.

HobbitFoot

I directed an engineer to check something done in the field by a contractor to see if it was ok. Because it was an edge case not typically done, I said they had to do the check by hand as it would be easier.

They "knew better" and used a computer program instead.

The beam that was bending in the computer program was bending in a different direction than what the field issue was. All of their work was worthless.

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Businesses still operating on factory work playbooks and just cramming in creatives like a monkey wrench.

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"But the GPS said turn here," he said with his car in a pond.

HobbitFoot

It makes sense for some outside facing roles. For instance, you may want all vendor billing going to [email protected] rather than an individual.

I wouldn't do it for the whole company, but it could have some uses.

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I've only seen that happen when one particular order is waiting on something. It's a good move because it gets that person out of line so other orders can be filled while they wait instead of holding up the whole line. If they did that to every order they'd just be wasting time making an employee run out to the parking lot every single order and trust me they don't want to do that.

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Sometimes it's for legal reasons. Sometimes it's for big picture reasons you aren't privy to. Sometimes it's because some dumbass middle manager thinks they're a genius. And sometimes it's because some dumbass middle manager didn't have a team member say "Hey what about this instead."

Having fumbled my way into a management position of sorts, I've seen all of these. Sometimes I get to say "oh yeah, that works way better, do that instead." Others, "it sucks but it has to be this way because (big picture stuff)", and of course "yeah it's fucking retarded but the powers that be have decreed it, do what you can and enjoy the shit show."

HobbitFoot

don't need to know.

It is fine enough to ask. You may not get the full answer, but you should get enough direction to know the basics of why or how important the request is.

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I hate it. People have no discipline/paitence, so if something didn’t work out, corporations want to turn everything upside down, instead drilling down and fixing a few small boring issues

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At one of my jobs there would be like Important Requirements because someone said something to someone, but if you actually skipped the layers and just asked "is it important this be like this?" they usually didn't care.