10 Outrageous Situations You Hopefully Won't Have to Face as a Leader
10 Outrageous Situations You Hopefully Won't Have to Face as a Leader
Being tasked with turning-around a company comes with some WTF moments
Joining a company with the mandate of turning around the performance and culture of the people is equally daunting from all fronts. The good news is that most people have good intentions and want to do the right thing for the company and themselves. The not-so-good news is the minority of people who don’t have good intentions and believe their actions are justified typically account for the majority of the dysfunction. Luckily (and I’m reaching with that word), those with bad intentions tend to be equally bad at getting away with it.
I wish I could say this list is the entirety of my WTF moments, but unfortunately, there are more than ten, and for some unconscious reason, these are the ones I vividly remember.
My Top 10 Outrageous Situations as a Business Leader
#10
Contract employees claim $3800/mth for a vehicle allowance.
Wow, didn’t know we provided Ferrari’s for service calls!!
#9
An employee expensing windows for their home and the accounts payable clerk who processed it.
Who wouldn’t think home repairs are the responsibility of the company?
#8
General Manager purchasing a golf cart through the company.
Maybe if the business was a GOLF COURSE!
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#7
Several contractors overpaid with the expectation to kick back money to the hiring manager for selecting them.
Hello, decentralized HR!
#6
The branch manager purchases extra consumables inventory to then resell on the side.
I guess volume discounts are meant for employee side hustles?
#5
Bonuses for management only (included with a note to employees that there will be no bonuses this year).
Assholes!
#4
A company project manager in charge of selecting contractors and equipment for the project puts their equipment on the job and bills it back to the project while letting company-owned equipment sit in the yard.
I missed the part of professional project management training where you can write yourself checks!
#3
Executive’s personal legal affairs are charged to the company’s legal bill.
You’re right, the company is to blame for your divorce and shitty relationship skills!
#2
An entire executive team had no employment contracts or company policy, which they later claimed allowed for 8-10 weeks of vacation, none of which was used and should be paid in full on top of any severance entitlement.
Seems reasonable? Two and a half months and surprisingly, no record!
#1
A hostile relationship between CEO and CFO was highly orchestrated and fabricated to trigger a severance payment to the CEO and a promotion to the CFO for “saving the company” from poor leadership.
I’m speechless…WTF
Why ISYN is the #1 subscription on Substack.
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We should all start reading more high quality original content.
For every ISYN $uper $ubscriber, I purchase a subscription from another Substack creator!! Supporting the larger community will bring even more value to your ISYN subscription.
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All forms of support are greatly appreciated, and I look forward to you joining the ISYN community.
Ryan