Depends what it is…

For non-tangible tasks (software/business processes). Yeah, whatever. They tend to not keep up with technology or an office change or whatever. Just update and move on.

For physical tasks, the process might be what it is to pass an audit or more importantly for safety. Workers want to do it in a non-compliant way cause it ‘works’ and takes half the time. Especially for safety reasons that’s a failure on management not enforcing it.

Employee: “Change thing for (cost savings, expediency, safety)!

Management: (if they reply at all) “No. Do it the way we have always done it. Change is expensive.”

Will you be my co-worker?

My first job was at a convenience store. I was told I was allowed to wear black or tan pants and the company provided shirt.

The first time I wore a new pair of black pants there I was told to wash the floors. I was given a bucket of water and a bottle of bleach to do so. I'd never heard of bleach before.

Turns out that pouring bleach onto the floor from shoulder level isn't a great idea when wearing brand new black pants. Your mom might get upset with you and the results. Or she might blame the manufacturer and you might be too scared to fess up.

... Not that I would know.

Used it. Got yelled at.

At this point, if you don't feel comfortable to tell them why and the consequences of doing what they ask of you, then you might want to start finding another place, because the subsequent events are inevitable.

Jeez. Learn to follow instructions!

seeing if the third time is the charm and trying to comment "this ^" one last time

Oh it's easy;

Does doing it the correct way increase your workload but make the business more profitable in the short term? Do it the correct way.

Does doing it the correct way preserve your safety at the cost of operating efficiency? Do it the incorrect way.

The second kind of unfollowed rule is there as a liability shield, it's so that if you get hurt the business can claim you weren't following your mandatory training and they aren't liable.

But if people did follow it then they would get a kind word from their supervisor saying we don't have the time for that even if it is in the official training. Because the supervisor themselves is in a worse bind, they have to tell management that the new liability shield is being followed as it won't work otherwise, but they are on the hook for the productivity of their team in such a way that they can't allow people to follow the slow process.

actually this *

this.

edit - oh damn i meant "this" to the comment above, the one this comment was replying to.

Hahahahahahah

yep, me last night

The world won't end. Karen will end you if her wrap doesn't look like the picture, though.