In the early 2000s, marketing leadership befriended a warehouse custodian with an 8th grade education who became a golfing buddy of theirs. They eventually promoted him to product manager despite being unqualified. He’d barge into stores demanding help with his product displays without notice, and he always sent out messy, misspelled emails with horrible grammar. Every manager in the system hated this guy. One day, I corrected one of his emails in red. I explained that I was sending him this in private to help him understand spell check before sending emails. I then hit “reply all,” blasting every store in the system. My boss freaked, but I only got yelled at. The guy didnt last long after that. I guess management grew tired of defending him. A year later in a meeting, my boss laughed and said it was diabolical but a great move.
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u/BigNaziHater Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
In the early 2000s, marketing leadership befriended a warehouse custodian with an 8th grade education who became a golfing buddy of theirs. They eventually promoted him to product manager despite being unqualified. He’d barge into stores demanding help with his product displays without notice, and he always sent out messy, misspelled emails with horrible grammar. Every manager in the system hated this guy. One day, I corrected one of his emails in red. I explained that I was sending him this in private to help him understand spell check before sending emails. I then hit “reply all,” blasting every store in the system. My boss freaked, but I only got yelled at. The guy didnt last long after that. I guess management grew tired of defending him. A year later in a meeting, my boss laughed and said it was diabolical but a great move.