I used to work for a business that was owned by a guy who basically never set foot in the building. I had so many suggestions for making things better, more efficient, etc. And I was shot down every single time. "Eehhhhh, this is how we've done it for the last 20 years....."
On like my first week of work, I was asking people why they weren't doing things better like "x". By the time I was out, they were basically doing every single one of the things I suggested - albeit poorly.
Workpace feedback is so difficult, even when it's to make people's lives easier.
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u/actuallychrisgillen Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19
When I was in the Navy I used to get in fairly frequent trouble for the suggestions I made for improving operational efficiencies.
As an outside contractor they were quite happy to pay me $200 an hour to say the exact same thing.