‘25 minutes later I get a freaked-out phone call from the head tech at the US HQ’: Remote worker ordered to return equipment mid-project maliciously complies, sending US HQ of a European manufacturer into panic until they drop the recall – FAIL Blog

Centralized communication turns into a sinkhole. The inbox that wanted control becomes a museum of unanswered status notes with inspirational footers. Compliance is theater. Forms get filed, boxes get seized, and deadlines still miss quietly in the background. Incentives move the plot. Priorities only flip when bonuses imagine a smaller number, and suddenly policy stretches like gum. Boundaries are boring until money notices, then they are scripture written after the miracle. Noise beats craft in most rooms. Narration swells while delivery thins, and slides pretend to be the product.