r/Maliciouscompliance I Let My Stupid Boss Lose $2,000,000

[@rSlash]

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[@RedT...TheOriginal.NotANumber]

Hey, are you aware you have a bot posing as you, trying to get people to click on some link? Something about "shortlisted winners", or some nonsense. I reported it already, but YT is more likely to listen to you. Anyway, thanks for doing what you do. You and the family have a great day! Happy Halloween!!

[@AshenTechDotCom]

upper management didnt want to deal with a claim they were being sexist/racist/etc, its hard to fine people today, well, unless they are white males... who get no sympathy... i worked for a very rich fellow, he had to let a female exec he hired lose them over 3m before they could drive her out, it was over a few years but... yeah... they had to build up enough to make it so a lawsuit claiming sexism, racism, etc wouldnt work... she claimed to be jewish... her kids told us that was bullshit... both of they stayed with the company... mom ended up getting involved in some scam and left the country to avoid getting involved in the legal fallout... apparently shes lost several jobs outside the US she got using jobs she was driven out of here to get those jobs... word got around and shes now working for some small local delivery company on the call desk... real fall from making 6 figures in the states to call desk work in a 2nd world country...

[@BQM04]

hey is somebody using your avatar to Telegram scam people?

[@Iridia42]

@@BQM04 If you have seen someone with his avatar ask people to join some Telegram group, then yes, somebody is obviously doing that.

[@sabersz]

They're a scam. I got roped into it.

[@zenmastermtl]

If I ever own a company, I would make watching/reading malicious compliance mandatory for all management so they can know the consequences of poor management in advance.

[@funnypenelope]

You're a genius! Learn from OTHER people's mistakes. WAY less painful

[@benthomason3307]

same. I would treat it like a school assignment. Tell everyone to watch 50 random videos from this channel, writing down the title of each video, a brief summary of each of the stories therein, and an explanatiton of what they took away form that particular story.

[@keeprxnning1826]

@@benthomason3307 50?! Lord am I happy I never had you as a teacher lol!

[@chaos6589]

Now I can find loopholes around the malicious compliance and reduce the chances of it while still doing illegal things and being on a watch list, probably. :)

[@jacksoncounts5402]

@@chaos6589 WHAT??????? XD XD

[@shadowmewfred09]

Dolores: "now we can act like a real company" Also Dolores: doesn't know how to run a company, lost millions and became hated by everyone

[@stefantsarev4442]

Dolores is a special type of person. You know, like Kathleen Kennedy or G4's Frosk. The one person companies SHOULD NOT HIRE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

[@Persholm1]

You're missing a comma "run a company lost millions" needs a comma somewhere for it to make grammatical sense.

[@jurakarok3343]

She never specified between real successful, or real failing company.

[@shadowmewfred09]

@@Persholm1 apologies I sometimes struggle with grammar thanks for correcting me

[@princessmarlena1359]

Any time I get a new boss who says that sort of thing, I quit on the spot.

[@MisterNightfish]

Dolores: "I am retiring to dedicate myself to my family" The family: "Oh god, no. Please no!"

[@scmontgomery]

I choked so hard laughing my vision went dark and I had to sit down. Well done sir

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

I was thinking the same thing. THANK YOU for saying that. Lmao

[@lancerevell5979]

This efftwit should have been fired under extreme prejudice, and blacklisted in the industry.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

@@lancerevell5979 That applies to nearly everyone in management.

[@annaelle9004]

I don't think cats can speak lol

[@silverflight01]

Story 1: It seems to be common that stuff falls apart because of a new manager not fully grasping the responsibilities of their position and going on power trips. The fact that it took a 4000% increase in expenses and loss of booths to finally get the upper managers to do something about it says a lot about top management.

[@Helbore]

I've known a lot of upper management like that. They get promoted up the tree and now they're at the top, they think work life means raking in the money and not having to do much for it. Especially when it comes to staff conflicts. They just sit there with their heads down, pretending nothing is happening and hoping it all goes away. The only thing that ever gets them to intervene is when it hits them in the wallet. You'd think they'd learn in the future, but they never do.

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@Helbore Well, yeah. Corporate management isn't about managing a company well, it's a political job. You don't need to know shit about how the company works, all you need to know is which ass is the right one to kiss, and how to shift the blame for your inevitable failures onto someone less skilled at playing social games than you are - which is probably going to end up being someone who actually knows what the company should be doing.

[@FENRIR-hl6il]

Sorry about hitting the dislike button on your comment. I was trying to hit the 'read more' button to read the rest of it.

[@dx1450]

Yeah, I think if I were upper management, I would have started asking questions the first time a simple trade show trip cost $144k instead of the usual $3600.

[@MrEshah]

It's likely because that was the first time they saw the actual numbers on paper in the annual report. They don't stroll around like a cartoon character observing what everyone is doing. Likely all the department heads, including dolores were just saying everything going well and smooth and they didn't have a reason to not believe them before getting an actual financial breakdown.

[@maieen2665]

I thought your title was _Grand_ Emperor of the Internet? *First OP:* Dolores must've wanted the company to fail. That's the only logical reason why she kept making poor decisions. Two million dollars?! She should've _been_ "retired!" *Second OP:* I bet that dude got buns of steel after he wheel-barreled the 130-pound trampoline up that hill, lol.

[@LucyAdroit]

Lol, I'm pretty sure you're right about the title thing

[@songohan3321]

I always find it funny when a new person in the management position decides to go on a power crusade and it ends in a hilarious bad way.

[@kiroblade132]

As a person suffering under such rn I find it annoying why go into a place you know nothing about and change everything making it halt in production by putting up new rules or ruining the vibe everyone has together

[@lancerevell5979]

This "umbrage" woman (no idea of the vague reference) seriousl should have been fired after screwing the guy who had to spend his own money on company crap.

[@jam2727]

@@lancerevell5979 Its a reference to Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter, she basically took the Headmaster's (Dumbledore's) job and made a bunch of rules about every little thing

[@funkytoasts4768]

My school has a new head of secondary and he has made no new decision in the first 6 weeks. And honestly I'm glad as things still run smoothly. I have talked to him and what it seems is the changes he wants to make he runs it through the teachers and students in order to make sure it isn't a shit show

[@terrychant4365]

I think in many cases they feel like they need to justify their salary. They have to do something to improve the income and back up whatever lies they told in the interview. They also have the bosses eyes on them more closely than the average worker, adding to the pressure, and take it out on the below below them. Atleast this is my take from some experiences qnd reading so many of these stories. I'm not defending Dolores here, she's clearly delusional, controlling, and has an ego problem. Who tf breathalyzer tests workers on a trip?

[@ladosis5596]

So Dolores not being afraid of confrontation is her basically turning being a Karen into company policy. Also, for comptroller purposes, it's much easier to have hotels and travel agencies invoice the company directly, it cuts on much of the opportunity to abuse travel expenses

[@Nebraska60]

Well, real companies use gift cards not invoices. She learned that from tech support after her computer to of her she had a virus and gave her a number to call.

[@lofi219]

“You applied first for a reimbursement for your expenses, correct?” “Yes.” “But you were unsuccessful?” “Obviously.”

[@kristashafer93098]

LOL!!!

[@teefa85]

I love how many stories begin with "We got a new manager/finance director/HR director" and always end with money lost or employees quitting because of them throwing their weight around.

[@Reuraku]

The last one really made me smile, nothing like an entitled, little brat getting what's coming to them.

[@Xolivas1]

Not only that, but the brat's OWN DAD made him pay for the shipping costs personally. Just comes to show that it's NEVER a good idea to throw your weight around just because your parent is the owner of a company.

[@alannajones330]

@@Xolivas1 As he should. My mom owns her own business and I know not to get involved or impede anyone supporting her business.

[@dx1450]

@@Xolivas1 To quote a lyric from Pink Floyd's "Dogs": "And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around."

[@josephconover5270]

It's funny because the guy's boss also went along with the malicious compliance. I imagine the guy liked his boss a bit more when that happened.

[@sosansational]

yikes that sponsor didn’t age well

[@PyraJya-Luquay]

Story 1: Proof that networking and mismanagement are terrible bedfellows! You'd be surprised how often things go to heck in business just because someone thinks they know better when they don't know anything~ Story 2: Never mess with delivery guys! They are in a very unique position to mess up people's lives by simply doing nothing at all.

[@TimS.]

Established Titles is basically a scam. There's non-scam versions of this idea, where you can actually visit the plot of land you buy, and they're based out of Scotland. Established Titles is based in Hong Kong, and goes by other names such as "Northern Titles, Historic Titles, etc." They bought a small plot of land that they can claim to give you "ownership", although you can never visit your plot

[@entirelybonkers8832]

Many Scottish people do not want people outside of Scotland buying their land for novelty it doesn’t actually do much for conservation work and just leaves plots of land no one can use and stops growth that’s needed for the growing population

[@TimS.]

@@entirelybonkers8832 Isn't that the point of conservations, land that won't be used?

[@ArcanineEspeon]

What are the non-scam versions of the idea?

[@lulolie]

Why can't ypu visit it if they legally bought it and sold it to you?

[@thatonewitch]

​@@TimS. That's actually preservation, conservation is using land sustainably without turning it into no-man's-land

[@kayaschupp9794]

One thing I have learned from RSlash is that if I'm ever in a position of management I will sit back and see how things work, why they work and what is effective. Then you're less likely to mess up the stuff that's going well.

[@lillyvonshtup7314]

How much you wanna bet that Dolores was somehow related to a high up in the company

[@debymello4756]

You've got a cleaner mind than me, my first bet was she was sleeping with a high up

[@lillyvonshtup7314]

@@debymello4756 yeah.. was going to say that but I have a reputation for filth so I thought I’d be “ nice” .. it’s not really me though!

[@chunghung7951]

It could be both

[@vahzahthur2554]

@@chunghung7951 Sweet home…

[@maieen2665]

@@debymello4756 I was thinking blackmail...

[@Scarlett.Granger]

Love it how in the last story the dad makes the snobby ahole son pay for his actions and attitude.

[@unknownkadath1289]

Given how long ago that story apparently happened (before mobile phones were common or cheap), it's no surprise that parents were actually parenting. If that happened today, I've no doubt some entitled brat with a Karen parent would be blaming the delivery company, calling it some kind of "-ism" and demanding something free or else they will sue.

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@unknownkadath1289 I know what you mean, but I suspect you're wrong. I'm 66, and believe me, there were snotty kids and over-permissive parents all along. It's just that we hear about 'em more, thanks to the interwebs.

[@TheDraykwing]

@@unknownkadath1289 if the documentation is in order, they can sue all they want. and if an experienced driver does the deliveries, you can bet your ass on that they make sure everything is as it should be BEFORE leaving an adress

[@silverflight01]

Story 2: Imagine having a problem with a semi driving around the neighborhood. I don't know what the guy was thinking, but I hope this humbled him

[@turnpike9680]

It's usually spoiled, entitled snobs that irrationally hate the working class. I just hope they don't ever find out that we often make more than them...

[@christopherjones8448]

Yeah especially since he ordered a large heavy object.. like.. did he expect it to be delivered via bicycle..?

[@pablohammerly448]

​@@christopherjones8448 Actually, a cargo ebike (that are common in big cities around the world) could've easily delivered a 130 lb. trampoline if it was a local delivery. 🚲

[@christopherjones8448]

@@pablohammerly448 Carbo bikes are a thing? Huh neat

[@itwasaliens]

He got lucky. If it was me I would have just written it off as a refused delivery and left.

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Dolores: “I’m going to change some things that aren’t broken” Company’s revenues: “Ba dum da dum dum Debt Debt”

[@TetraSky]

lmao the trampoline story. Dude got humbled real quick. I'm sure the wife tore him a new one and laughed at him for that one.

[@somebody5213]

When OP (first post) mentioned that when Dolores/finance messed up or forgot and she said it was their fault for not reminding her enough, I thought that the MC was that OP was going to use a script to send her an automated email every hour to remind her of it.

[@swordsmancs]

That’s what I would have done lmao, just fill her mailbox and go “well last time you said we didn’t remind you enough, so I wanted to make sure I did this time around”

[@schwingedeshaehers]

Every hour. I would start with daily, than morning and after lunch, and so on, until it is every few minutes. -> the next time they probably do it, before the mail's are to many. (And only stop, after it is there, and they send you the confirmation for the booking/the thing arrived, not when it was ordered

[@19TheFallen]

@@swordsmancs I'd have set up an automated email, automated text message and, for good measure, if the company uses fax, taken multiple copies of the request, taped them together, end to end, fed it into the machine and then, as the end of the first copy started to come out, taped it to the end of the last copy so that they'd just keep feeding through the machine in an endless loop, sending her a semi-infinite copy of the requests. After all.....Fax machines do run out of paper and ink! If all of *that* didn't get Delores' attention, and make her take the hint to just do her damn job and just approve things, I dunno *what* would!

[@dracko158]

Dude: "You have no reason to be here!" OP: "I have your trampoline lol." Dude: "Uh...." OP: "You have to move it on your own." Dude: **Confused Screaming**

[@leohunter801]

Okay first story, how tf did the company not notice how much money they were losing due to their incompetent and possibly nepotism hire, like seriously wtf I dont work for a big company like this and even I know that they must be losing a lot of money just from Dolores actions

[@BeanManolo]

The fact the Legal Team had to force the company to reimburse the debt caused by Dolores' stupid gift card bs should've been the first red flag for upper management; The upper management probably shpuld be sacked aswell. A entire year of Dolores' bs probably costed them millions, even more during the two years it took to fix her mess after she left, and the clients and venues who'll never want to work with the company again.

[@jamieodonnell8344]

Apparently, it was because she excelled in other areas, according to OP.

[@alfa1134]

Seriously, why the hell did the company allow Dolores to save face by "retiring to dedicate more time with her family" instead of just outright firing her for nepotism and gross incompetence? Were the higher ups just too embarrassed that they let things get so bad by their indifference? Is it like what's happening at Disney with LucasFilms, LTD and the "writers" of SHE-HULK: the higher ups know that power-tripping female employees are causing them to lose millions, but they can't fire them because the latter keeps on bullying them to keep their jobs under the threaten to say that they were fired because "misogyny" and play the "victim of the patriarchy" card? It shouldn't matter matter your race, gender, or age: if you willingly cause harm at work to the business or employees, you deserved to face the full consequences with no face-saving bullshit to save your reputation.

[@debymello4756]

My bet is she got her position through nepotism (either a relative or mistress of someone with a high position) and that person wanted to save THEIR face

[@Helbore]

In my experience, when someone "retires to spend more time with family," it means upper management have given them two options - either you leave immediately and without fuss and we'll let you save face publically, or you can try and fight it and we'll make sure to ruin all future career prospects. Its easier for management if the problem employee just walks away quietly, as opposed to firing them and risking them trying to sue for unfair dismissal.

[@Hybrid301]

Sounds like it’s time to introduce Dolores to the centaurs.

[@LeniAnnorlunda]

Thank you for uploading every single day and at the same time being a great dad to Lily and a great husband to your wife. You're honestly such an amazing role-model and you deserve everything good you've received so far and everything good that is coming ❤️

[@TheVaur2]

You forgot the title, lord Dabney RSLASH, emperor of the internet

[@LeniAnnorlunda]

@@TheVaur2 I am SO sorry, I guess I've gotten used to seeing Lord Dabney RSLASH, emperor of the internet as one of us, an equal, that I forgot His glorious titles. Thank you, for reminding me! xD

[@PrimeEpoch]

Why are you thanking him for being good to his family as if that's not the normal thing to do? 😂

[@littletort3531]

@@PrimeEpoch ikr, bar is so low that the absolute norm is exceptional for some reason

[@LeniAnnorlunda]

@@PrimeEpoch Well you've heard how many dumbasses there is out there with all the bullhole scores Dabney has been handing out so yeah, I want to point out that Dabney is doing a great job! A compliment here and there can't hurt, yeah?

[@Icetamer5]

For the last story, just a small correction from a Brit: 'Flicking the V's' is a British variant of 'Flipping the Bird' where you raise the index finger as well as the middle finger, like a reversed 'Peace' sign. This two fingered salute is normally accompanied by a short up and down arm motion for emphasis, or if done with both hands, the arms are extended forward and the wrists flicked back and forth in tandem, hence, 'Flicking the V's'.

[@Ramtamtama]

Story 1: upper management didn't seem to care until they saw the bank account. Story 2: that's why you say "in future could you..." even though that could still bite you on the backside. Story 2b: it had to be a BMW driver.

[@hilaryhongkong]

Estabished titles is basically a scam. It doesn't give you any official standing, and anyone could have changed their name on their passport as long as the country allows those words to begin with.

[@dominicwehrmann8515]

Kinda surprised he did that sponsorship…

[@noname-zg2xf]

I don’t understand, I thought people knew that it’s obviously just a paper. Like when people get to name a star. You’re never actually going to go to that star lol

[@royallynick]

Pretty sure its mostly to plant trees. The title is just a plus.

[@trisgilmour]

It’s just for fun 🤩

[@shadowmewfred09]

I mean come on you can't become Lord and lady just because of an Internet website and certificate it's just a fancy pseudo title for gullible people who think this is how you get land while not knowing anything about where you're becoming "lord/lady" off

[@mostar1219]

I guess the last guy had to remember he wasn't as much of a big shot as he thought

[@thetruth1816]

"HOW dare you make me pay for my actions"..lol

[@aidanhammans9337]

Cough cough, Big Shot, cough cough.

[@iPLAYtheSTATION]

It's always so satisfying when a new person in power comes in and tries to fix something that isn't broken just to assert authority, only to backfire on them spectacularly.

[@monkeybench]

I joined an IT/ISP company that warned me at the start that their travel jobs were NOT vacations. I was expected to work and work I did. They paid for everything though. Petrol, food, hotels, and added travel work to next year as extra paid vacation days. The kicker (extra pay, extra time off, and a week of working from home on return) was for out of country travel jobs and when I realised how cool they were. I had a job in Germany for the first time about 6 months in. Was definitely only three days of IT work and two days of schmoozing with sales and marketing. The owner booked an all-inclusive hotel stay, car, fuel card, and gave me a pre-paid Visa card to the tune of €1500....for two weeks. Thought it was a mistake but got no response from management on day 1 or 2. I called on the third day to say I was done and the owner of the company said "Oh good...enjoy your 'definitely not a holiday', thanks for all the hard work." I still work for them.

[@cydniestes2810]

All hail the Emperor of the Internet

[@kit6818]

*resists urge to referance a Manowar song*

[@gavincrossley9297]

all hail lord Dabney, Emperor of the Internet

[@chrismerrell7957]

All hail Lord Dabney, Emperor of the Internet!

[@DaremoKamen]

Maybe Dolores had some kind of hold on enough upper management that they just didn't manage her?

[@neilprice513]

Company disasters are seen as a death nail to any executive's career. If they can't fix the issue or what someone F'ed up they will be blamed for it and made the scapegoat. So if there is a problem from one of their subordinates or anywhere in the company executives only step in when they absolutely have to in fear of being fired or made to resign.

[@catkin567]

Death knell.... sorry !!

[@neilprice513]

@@catkin567 meh. typo

[@catkin567]

@@neilprice513 I did wonder : )

[@mariposa9506]

Senior management always step in when expenses go up enough to jeopardize their personal bonuses

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

Washington, D.C. isn't the same as Washington State!! These folks are horrible if they can't figure that out as adults in high ranking positions

[@ManicPandaz]

13:56 I think that was the point. No one in upper management wanted it to be their problem because then they would have to take responsibility for her. If they wait long enough that everyone wants her gone then no one has to take responsibility for the mistake of hiring her in the first place.

[@tylercunanan8255]

it seems like a real bad call to take a 2 million dollar and destroying your network to take 0 responsibility. or probably because she fought her way to be in a powerful position without proper knowledge. only to realize she had no real power outside of the company that wouldnt fight her

[@alouzan]

You make my morning every day! And on a side note does anyone else enjoy British insults like I do? "jumped up little know" lol love it... and OH the Malicious Compliance in the Delores story, how sweet that was...

[@iamdb1990]

last story, imagine expecting a delivery and being dumb enough to shout at someone delivering something

[@mystery_exe]

Established titles has unfortunately been proven to be a scam, you cannot actually buy an official title like taht, you have to be born with it. Also you don't actually own the land you buy, it's a souvenier plot, which is essentially the same as an NFT. Additionally Established Titles has never proven that they donated even a single cent and considering their various other scams, I think it's quite unlikely that they did. I advise you to remove the ad as soon as you can.

[@nopenopenopenope4076]

Story 1: how did Dolores not get fired within the first few months?

[@TimmyTonk]

I wonder how many times these stories are about the same people in different scenarios

[@OuchingTigerLimpingDragon]

You know, I hadn't thought about that before, but you're right!

[@AFMountaineer2000]

That travel team story was so long but so worth it

[@VD_the_GodKing]

Dolores is a great example of why DEI is a disaster. Ive seen this happen a few times now. DEI is a government enforced policy where employers need to hire X amount of women and POC. Particularly for high level roles. In this case, it sounds like they didnt fire Dolores sooner because they would face fines. Also, notice OP say they replaced her with another woman.

[@richewilson6394]

Umm the $40,000 bill should of been a clue on the problem on Dolores was a problem as well as asking Dolores to spend a gift card to go on a trip and see how well she does would have been another way of shafting her. Also pissing on clients isn't the goal of the company. I'm surprised that the company didn't sue her for losses. But i guess they were worried about a sexual harassment case, that why they didn't do anything.

[@danielthecake8617]

Rewatch it and then write a smart comment.

[@testingyourpatience5280]

Had a coworker receive one of these Scottish Lordships as a birthday gift. For the rest of the week, we all called him Lord *last name* on the open channel radios. Good times, miss my buddy.

[@xDragonHybridx]

I want to make a disclaimer about this sponsorship. Established Titles and other companies like it exist within a legal loophole and are a grey area of Scottish law. The titles are not legally enforcable and you do not actually own the land you are being sold. The owner of Established Titles is a woman from Hong Kong, yet is selling off pieces of land in Scotland. RESEARCH YOUR SPONSORS

[@SSJ_Rabite]

Was about to say something similar. It's clear we are getting close to the holidays because this small scam is pouring out sponsorships again.

[@xDragonHybridx]

@@SSJ_Rabite It is definitely a scam, but not in the traditional sense, it basically comes down to false advertising. It's a washing machine that looks like a dryer. This isnt land ownership, it's a land preservation initiative. It's not fraud because the companies that actually own and 'sell' the land put money back into maintaining and using the land for natural growth/eco friendly business. At the same time however, with Established Titles inparticular, there are a lot of people who bought land and weren't even allowed to go and look at their plot, much less do anything with it. I guess it's the real life equivalent of an NFT, you dont own the land, you just own a piece of paper that says you do.

[@SSJ_Rabite]

@@xDragonHybridx I had looked into it when I was looking for a present for my dad. But yeah the title is as legitimate as writing yourself a document.

[@mikaaoife6557]

Story 1: How in the world does upper management hire such incompetent people to handle these high responsible positions with absolutely no experience. Delores is definitely your typical average idiotic micro-manager in corporate. Story 2: Best revenge ever on an ungrateful customer for treating the truck driver like crap. Also, the little manchild that is the CEO's son got his serving of humble pie lol.

[@The_momur]

Team building is a learning experience. That’s where you learn how to increase your tolerance for alcohol.

[@Scarlett.Granger]

Kinda confused with all the people debating, is Established Titles a scam or is it a way to pay to plant trees?

[@giovannahhh]

Hello! I know i'm a rando person on the internet but i'm pretty sure thats a scam. I seen other ytbers get sponsors from them and they said it was a scam.and in scotland, we r getting lands taken away (i probably worded that wrong, or made some mistakes. I just wanted to let you know that they are fake and suggesting you look into it.)

[@clthreeoneeight]

As a Scot, the Lord title has not applied since *checks watch* the 1700s. Lord now refers to sitting members of the House of Lords. In any case Lord was more used for the Highlands and that is the Borders.

[@Scarlett.Granger]

I thought Established Titles was about planting trees, and the title stuff is just some weird/funny gimmick thing.

[@clthreeoneeight]

@@Scarlett.Granger Some people are incredibly stupid and do not realise that.

[@Ryanthusar]

@@Scarlett.Granger - That is effectively what it is. Its a gimmick. Not to mention a Lord/Lady of the land is a specific piece of land, however they clearly "reserves the right to relocate and reassign the souvenir plots and dedications to another land or estate of similar standing in Scotland." Honestly its just a group of businessman making money of people who think they can simply buy a title for cheap

[@nils920]

When will new managers/supervisors/bosses who gets hired to "increase productivity, generate more profit or/and save the company money" ever learn? If something's not broken, *DON'T TRY TO FIX IT!!!!*

[@davecrupel2817]

18:10 Best thing *in the world* when your boss is in kahootz with you on mal-compliance. 😈

[@ladyofthemasque]

That last story reminds me of how I got my custom-made desk (happy story, not a bad one). About 18 years back, I got one of those cube-storage systems that you can mix & match, so I could turn it into a custom-sized desk to fit into my bedroom (awkward space, needed a lot of storage, went fully modular, and made the desktop out of a door set up on the cubes and rectangles, blah blah blah). It was an entire pallet's worth of boxes containing the not-yet-assembled components of all those cubes. I eagerly awaited its delivery, and when the semi-truck finally arrived (lorry for UK, etc, folks)...I was absolutely astounded. Why? Because it was the LONGEST trailer I had ever seen on a semi truck...and it was delivered into a patch of suburbia with narrow, winding streets, ones which usually had spare cars parked on the sides of the road, making it a little nervewracking for a normal, relatively short-length car to pass those parked vehicles on the curved bits, and god help you if someone was coming the other way. I had NO idea how that driver got that LONG trailer onto our street. Major, major kudos for his driving ability. (He also looked like he was barely 25, but he must've been driving since the law allowed it.) But that wasn't the only amazing thing about that delivery. I went out and greeted him as he was getting the back deck lowered (half-panel that allows a forklift to take a pallet up & down), so I was there when he got the big double doors open... ...and the ONLY things inside this 40 foot long MASSIVE trailer...are a pallet jack lashed to the side with some straps, and the plastic-wrapped pallet of my gazillions-of-cubes-in-boxes at the far end, up by the truck cab. That's it. That's the ONLY thing to be delivered. Nothing else but the pallet jack after he brought out my goods and dropped it in my garage. 40 foot long trailer, and 1 standard-sized pallet of things to be shipped. I was polite and didn't say a word other than my deep thanks, didn't even ask him how the heck he got that rig into my tight little neighborhood, didn't ask why a 40 footer when this was 1pm and there was nothing else inside, or how long he must've been working to get it loaded and then everything else delivered... I just thanked him for arranging the pallet in the best spot in the garage for me to be able to unpack it in the shade and out of the rain. Which was good that he could get get it in there as a single unit, because that pallet was around 150 pounds of 30+ boxes of various sizes and weights (and far more plastic wrap than one would think was necessary). I would have had to unwrap the whole thing and transported each box by hand, if he hadn't been kind enough to drop it in my garage for me, quick and easy. Always, ALWAYS be kind to delivery personnel. They are the lifeblood of our modern world, literally bringing you everything you need in life. And some of them have AMAZING driving skills!

[@condorboss3339]

17:39 'Flicking the V's " is a British hand gesture. First two fingers raised with the palm inwards. It is equivalent to the North American 'one finger salute.'

[@Nikodymus]

For real though, I was a logistics coordinator at a tradeshow company at one point. It was my job to make sure that all shipments arrived to every tradeshow on time and order all services to make sure it was built and serviced properly and on time. Being early was essential! Whether it was the crews getting there on time, or getting the payments in early to miss late fees. They are not kidding when the union fees and late application fees rack up because they really fucking do! It was also my job to make sure that any of our contractors and/or sales people got there on time with proper accommodations. Now, I don’t know how long “Dolores” was in the system or working such a position, but in the short time that I worked that role, I feel I could’ve done a better job than she did! You do not mess with the contractors, the sales people, or any union worker! Lol

[@Atumblingblogger]

established titles is a scam :( the lord/ladyship isnt officially recognized by anyone outside of established titles, scotland ruled sale of “souvenir land plots” illegal so youre only get rights for usage of the land, they can resell the same plot multiple times (not saying they do), and Scotland has an entire court dedicated to actually sorting out who is a Lord or Lady

[@Kat-V]

Stop supporting established titles! It's basically a scam

[@BradleySmith1985]

0:55 be aware Established Titles still has not proven the purchases of many orders. starting to look like a scam.

[@Helbore]

Regarding the last story, "flicking the Vs" doesn't mean revving the engine. In the UK, sticking your first two fingers up is swearing, similar to giving the middle finger. A typical hand gesture you'd expect to see coming from knobs in beemers!

[@emmathereb]

The best part of waking up is rslash in your cup

[@quaintsleek]

This channel has changed my life. Thank your rSlash, these videos have been helping me, an autistic person learn social ques and appropriate reactions to situations. I'm in a much better mental place because of these videos, I have learnt so much and I cannot express enough gratitude, thank you!

[@Shotesu]

it is useful to just absorb experience from these things, isn't it? I rather wish I'd reviewed this data myself before being blindsided by irrational, angry people in the work world. I mean...they wouldn't be that stupid, right....right? Oh yes, they would. Your observations above are, in turn, very much correct.

[@lomax343]

If reminding the finance department four times to book travel arrangements is insufficient, I would literally sit in their office and remind them every thirty seconds until it was done.

[@PanduPoluan]

Heh I love the boss in the last story. Sure when OP's Husband hasn't returned the boss was out of their mind angry, but as soon as that piece of paper got in their hands, "evil grin" 😂

[@Sin_Falimus]

So many channels I had to unsubscribe to for advertising the title scams. Another one bites the dust ig. Had a good run, but you of all people should be able to spot a scam. I'm so disappointed. Please nobody fall for it. It's literally the same of buying land on Mars back in the day.

[@jeremypatrick5678]

I had an epiphany during the first story. Dolores exists because upper management needs her to. You get bonuses by showing that you've improved things, but things are running pretty much as well as they can. What do? Bring in an incompetent patsy; someone who will screw things up badly, make the numbers terrible, then take the fall. This allows you to swoop in, install a competent manager, and claim the savings as a success.

[@jerryeubanks3177]

Christmas of 2020 I used all my half of the money we got in our Christmas cards to get my wife and I the Lord and Lady ship the Rslash is talking about. It was fun for a bit.

[@christakriel3632]

Atleast you contributed to reforresting the world.

[@jerryeubanks3177]

@@christakriel3632 I'd do it again. It just wasn't as fun for as long as I thought it would be. Mainly because I tried to change my name on Facebook to Lord Jerry and they wouldn't let me. Lol

[@Donice09]

Just to let you know r/slash flicking the V’s the UK equivalent of flipping the bird. Americans use their middle finger. In the UK we use the first and middle finger turned outwards like the peace sign but on the knuckle side instead of the palm side.

[@jeremiahsmith2037]

Important question for the first story. Did upper management suffer any repercussions for not doing their job?

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Besides losing tons of money no

[@jeanmck1577]

I live in Scotland and no, you don't get a legit title. It's a "novelty". Not sure about the tree claim but I do know trees planted 1ft apart aren't going to grow there for very long, unless they're bonsai.

[@NinjaBoy641]

I swear these stories of successful companies that hire new heads that destroy the company because they're on a massive powertrip are so common on this sub lol

[@Torsin2000]

I'm not even done with the first story and I understand that what Dolores was doing was illegal. That she was opening the company to multiple lawsuits from non-reimbursed employees. Let alone creating a hostile work environment. If I was someone not reimbursed for something I would have made an appointment with the Legal department, explained everything and that if you were not reimbursed you would unfortunately have to seek reimbursement using the court system. Any lawyer would easily see they would lose. It would be even worse if it was a publicly traded company. Also, at trial the previous policies, current policies and the normal/usual policies at other companies would be evidence that the company is on the hook for travel and expenses for business travel. I would hope Dolores would be happy being named directly as a defendant along with the company, because if the company settles that doesn't necessarily take her off the hook for personal liability for creating the hostile work environment and absurd policies.

[@TheAngelChaz]

I work in finance and can literally cannot explain the amount of stupid decisions that are made from that position I hear something and get the response “oh I didn’t realise that” way too often

[@galexeqe]

Sounds like Dolores won She cost a company millions and got to retire (yeah I know she jumped before being pushed) because senior management weren't on the ball and were too gutless to fire her

[@franciscojaviermendezrinco1902]

Second story: That could go on entitled people. Or isn't there a subreddit named void power trip? Because this story could fit there. Someone bragging and trying to flex about a power they don't even have.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

This story spoke much more about how incompetent this company's top management was than it did about this accountant they inexplicably allowed to take over. They would have been wrecked some other way, with that level of utter negligence.

[@PyroRoadScout]

Didn't Established Titles get exposed to be a scam? Or am I thinking of some other company that was doing the same thing?

[@Yamother505]

Hey rslash you should know that established titles is a scam you can’t call yourself a lord or a lady it’s just a novelty gift like buying a star

[@flamethrower82]

Dolores sounds like the upper management at my job. My job is in healthcare, and the workers have to keep their health classes up to date every year. There was one occasion where we were working on some in-house exam to assess skills, and the DIRECTOR OF HR actually said she didn't trust workers not to cheat on multiple choice exams. After I spoke up about how unfair it is to accuse all the workers of lying, they immediately realized "OH SHIT. He's got a point. We could be in big trouble for this". The next thing they did was send workplace assessments to the staff to see how happy they are at their jobs. HR director still has her job. This isn't the first time they've insulted the workers; they overall have very little respect for the workers and lower management.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

all hail the emperor of the internet!

[@DistantClover]

I don’t know how higher management can be so dump. I work at a warehouse and instead of making some kind of program to make it clear what temps can do has a job instead of just standing around whenever ALL THE leads in whatever department there in is at break. They didn’t hire a IT guy to create a pro gram that doesn’t shutdown if you hit enter by accident for a empty bar, forcing you to wait for you cheap computer to go thou two whole years of product numbers. No you want to know what the best idea they had that was completely stupid. Place black cones over our color coded cones to show that it was received. Making it hard to fill from a distance if there are red cones Monday than need to be done before the green cones for Tuesday when we are behind work by three days. To SOLVE the “was this revived problem. It wasn’t a problem. Anything that is received and needs to be put away is placed behind the red rope off area.Everyone in my department is short. The cones are place on a 7 foot rolling rack. You telling me to waste time finding a ladder to climb up and pull off that stupid cone, just to find out that it isn’t the oldest product that needs to be deal with first. You bet ranted out loud what a stupid idea this was. No wonder the manger quit. I heard they keep giving these kind of “idea” till he just had enough.

[@cadendehaan9058]

A big problem with big companies is that they can afford to make mistakes this big for this long. Small businesses have to keep their crap together because a few bad months can ruin them. Looking at you Wells Fargo.

[@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789]

Thank you for your daily uploads, oh Emporor of the Internet

[@Siinwu]

Here in Denmark ive had the reverse experience with a delivery. a Karen refused to actually deliver my goods at my address and literally dumped my stuff on the actual road and not up in my drive way. Her reason? she couldn't reverse the semi... how the F you get a drivers license and don't know how to reverse and get a job even??? i reported this, toke a picture and to make maters worse, she didn't have my signature for delivery so... i also stated correctly my delivery was NOT in fact delivered to me, since my neighbor and me share same drive way but i live behind him so. i got my goods twice now and never saw her ever again. I hope she is not driving to this day, there is too many accidents with semi also or killing people in turns on the road because they are idiots.

[@pablohammerly448]

@GhostinShell MMS: took* (toke = smoking a marijuana cigarette); matters* 🙄

[@aaabn8]

- What do you do for a living? - I'm the emperor of internet. - That's stupid. There's not such a thing. - (Shows the official documentation issued by the statet that poves it) - Sorry, your Majesty.

[@19TheFallen]

We all know Delores "retirement" was more a case of her higher ups saying"Look.....You either retire now, with severance pay, or we'll fire you and drag your sorry ass through the courts for all the damage you've done to this company! Which would you prefer?"

[@MatsuyoRific]

I book hotel rooms, and Delores messing up the hotel bookings really bothers me, because I've dealt with the aftermath of these situations so many times. We can not accept a 3rd party payment unless that authorization form is filled out. Our computers won't let us just charge the card the room was booked under, because without that form, THAT'S FRAUD! And no, there's nothing the front desk, reservations, or complaints can do about it! My company also has corporate accounts for businesses, and you can do direct billing through those, but your company has to set up DB through the corporate accounts department, and ONLY a company rep can authorize it. Again, that's to prevent FRAUD! We're not going to risk a lawsuit just because Delores is too incompetent to do her job! Also, NO, we can't just transfer the reservation from one hotel to another! Different hotels have different rates, even within the same company, and in the event of pre-payment, there is no way to transfer that money either. We have to cancel and issue any necessary refunds, which if you've ever received a refund for services, take 5-7 business days to reflect on the card! Delores can go crawl in a ditch.

[@RedT...TheOriginal.NotANumber]

Last story: I absolutely love how "knob"s parents held him accountable. Not sure how he got to being such an entitled little prick, but it's nice SOMETHING was done about it. Also, if I'm not mistaken, "flicking the V"s is the British version of "giving the finger". Has nothing to do with revving his engine, although I can understand the confusion.

[@Ragehunger]

Honestly there should be some corporate legal clause that states that if a new manager is the cause of vastly increased business expenses and losing the company contracts, they can be made to face a lawsuit. Simply allowing them to quit and leaving an entire business in such a financial predicament is sinister malpractice.

[@emeraldqueen1994]

I call Dolores Umbrige (the actual book character) the Pink Demeantor

[@19TheFallen]

I love that!

[@DarthWoodrack]

On the last one, I would like to point out, that what the son did was actual fraud, signing something while claiming ownership over something he didn’t actually own. Luckily for him, the victim was his father, but anyone else would have pressed charges

[@adsnaylor0161]

Hey lord Dabney I just wanted to say that I love listening to all your stories

[@UwU_the_UwUer]

What baffles me about that first story isn't that upper management stuffed their fingers in their ears, it's that they continued to do so after their employees were ARRESTED!!! And that they didn't fire her! Like, just fire her!!

[@lmaree200886]

UGH not that stupid titles ad AGAIN! Fifth time on sponsored videos since I've been watching YT just today! 🤦‍♀️

[@circeciernova1712]

Honestly, in story 1 it seems like the whole company is toxic. And frankly, from the way OP describes things, they may not have been part of the problem in this case but they also seem like they'd be unpleasant to work with. I'd be surprised if this incident was the only catastrophe in development there.

[@undrhil]

In the 1st story I bet Dolores was not getting gift cards for her bonuses and stuff that would normally get a check for.

[@Josh_the_jester]

13:53 well ya see Emperor Dapney, the biggest when it comes to upper management is that they don't see a financial problem until it affects them directly "oh no my employees aren't making money, not my problem" 365 days later "Why do I not have my annual bonus, this is preposterous"

[@Danodan94]

I don't know if anyone else has already posted this comment but it's important so here we go: Established Tites is a scam. The titles they give you are not government official, you do not officially own land in Scotland, and there is no tree planted. It's a gag gift claiming to be something bigger when it is roughly equivalent to those 'own a star' websites.

[@brendanboomhour7606]

Eh, at least the own a star bullshit's a lot harder to disprove, after all, it's a lot harder to dispute one's ownership of something a billion miles away