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what’s the weirdest thing you’ve gotten scolded for at work?
It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader recently shared this story with me: I got written up for buying colored file folders (with my own money) because “it looked too extravagant and sent the wrong message.” I worked for a small nonprofit that generally had multiple projects at different stages underway at the […] The post what’s the weirdest thing you’ve gotten scolded for at work? appeared first on Ask a Manager.
It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader recently shared this story with me:
I got written up for buying colored file folders (with my own money) because “it looked too extravagant and sent the wrong message.” I worked for a small nonprofit that generally had multiple projects at different stages underway at the same time. It was my job to interview and track dozens of applicants for each project, so I asked if I could get color-coded file folders to more easily distinguish between the three projects. My request was refused because it was “too expensive and wasteful,” so I bought my own folders — for under $12, mind you. My boss then wrote me up because “it looked extravagant to have colored file folders and we might lose donations because of it.” This finally escalated to the board of directors, who sided with me because, yes, color-coding was more efficient. I still don’t regret it,a nd I used those folders over and over.
Using that as our starting point, what’s the weirdest thing you’ve gotten scolded for at work?
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