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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/algloglo on 2025-06-10 10:28:42+00:00.
A few years ago I switched jobs - I was in pre-sales for a fintech startup. I was given a very small desk in a cramped office, and devised it would be better not to add a cramped desk to the mess, so I only put on my desk what was necessary for my task at any given time, and cleaned it up entirely when leaving the office.
One day Grumpy Boss sees me leaving for a customer meeting and tells me that he thinks that I don't work much as my desk is always empty.
Uh, OK.
So I empty one drawer on my desk, basically my office supplies, and look at him. "Is that OK?"
Blank stare.
And so I empty a second drawer, paper files of customer docs and reports.
And the unbelievable happens : he smiles warmly and says: "it looks better now."
One month later I was out, fed up with the crazy management.
I learned one year later that the company failed and was bought by its main customer.