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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

Good things happen when managers listen to their workers!

Sure, not every idea is a winner, but if someone is good at their job and they do things a certain way, let them run free!

Because unnecessary rules and regulations do nothing but stifle creativity and productivity.

In today’s story, a worker explained what happened when he agreed to go along with his boss’s suggestions about his schedule…and it didn’t work out too well..

Take a look at what happened!

I’m working my 9-5.

“I was hired at a service company as a service manager when the company was very small.

I worked a lot of hours to redesign their training and programs and their client base went from 60 customers to over 1,200 in a year.

I would come in to the office at 6 am every morning, get all my office work done by 9 am, then I would go run a route for a few hours or go help a technician.

On days when I didn’t have to go into the field, I would show up at 6 am and work until about 2 pm, then head home.

It sounds like he had it all under control…

I made it a point to always start at 6 am because a lot of my technicians started their day at 7 am and sometimes they would need to come to the office for supplies before they started their route.

I would also answer phone calls and work on my laptop when I got home to help anyone still on the road or to prepare for the next day.

Things were going well for a couple years…

Until…

Then one day, a tech called and asked if I could leave a piece of equipment out for him so he could come grab it at the end of his day. It was an expensive piece of equipment so we didn’t normally leave it out unless we knew someone was going to grab it soon.

The tech called an hour later and said never mind because he was just going to come in the next morning.

Fine.

I went home for the day around 2:30 (I lived a hour away from the office) and was working on my laptop when I got a call from one of the big managers.

This is pretty annoying…

Apparently the technician changed his mind and decided to come in and grab the equipment, but it was still locked up. Manager told me that leaving at 2:30 was unacceptable and that I was mandated to work from 8-5 every day. So I did.

Stopped showing up at 6 am so technicians would have to contact the big manager to have him do remote access to open doors and things for the techs.

I stopped working past 5 so all the techs would call the bigger managers to ask questions (which the big managers couldn’t answer).

It didn’t go very well…

Technicians all knew what was up and they agreed with my decision. Things started to fall apart because techs wouldn’t have the things they needed.

I loved my job initially, but after I started following their rules, they started treating me like an annoyance.

Finally left after another year.”

Let’s see what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person nailed it.

Another individual weighed in.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a customer who can’t seem to come to grips with the fact that her reward points will not cover a purchase.

And another person chimed in.

Why mess with a good thing?

We see stories like this all the time, and it never ends well.

Will they ever learn…?

The managers changed up the rules at this place…and it wasn’t a good idea!