Company Refuses To Let Contract Employee Use Phone Needed For Job, So The The Whole Team Walks And Gets Paid Anyway

I love stories about companies getting burned by their own dumb work rules. And this one hits all the right notes.

When one toxic job enforced a strict no-phone policy, it didn’t account for the consequences that would follow.

A shift lead (u/therandomuser84), who needed his phone for crucial work communication, found himself caught in a clash over company rules.

What started as a simple disagreement spiraled into a situation that would cost the company more than they bargained for—over $100,000, to be exact.

How did a phone policy lead to such a hefty loss? And what did the shift lead and his team do in response? Dive into this story of corporate stubbornness and dumb business decisions to find out how it all unfolded.

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