'NO ONE can access their emails': Boss orders IT worker to cut off everyone's access over the weekend to avoid paying OT, worker maliciously complies

Sometimes, the best way to inform your boss that their newly implemented policy is flawed is by showing not telling. Lots of workplace practices are put into place in such a way that seems smart and productive in theory… until it's not. Of course, the people who are enforcing said policies often want them to work and refuse to hear any criticism from the people who actually have an understanding of how their workflow looks. 

This boss was running into some legal trouble and couldn't pay for any more OT, so he implemented a new policy whereby all employees had to have their remote access to their emails cut off over the weekend so that they weren't able to do any extra work. Seems mutually beneficial, but like most policies, there was a downside that manifested itself very quickly. As soon as this Redditor, who basically ran the IT department, followed the rules and removed everyone's weekend email access, there was a problem. Her boss's boss lost his email access as well. He called OP on a Saturday, furious, but it was, in fact, his own policy that made this happen. Furthermore, it's not like OP could do anything about it over the weekend since she too no longer had access to her work email.

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