'The Engineering VP saw the price tag, and told us to just rent it': Engineers ask management to buy a crucial piece of equipment, management balks at high cost

One company was going through growing pains, and it's workers were feeling the pinch. 

Most small businesses fail. Perhaps you've heard that old wisdom that nine out of ten startups don't even last more than a year or two. Only the companies that rise above are able to stick around, but even then, not every business is able to scale up. It's something that has to be done with caution. 

In this case, u/calladus shared that they were working for a company that went from being a tiny privately owned operation to a business that was raking in millions in profits each year. However, the OP writes, "They still acted like a small company. Penny pinching." 

In their story, the OP writes about how they and their coworkers tried vigilantly to tell their bosses that they had a way to save money. But the higher-ups didn't want to hear it. Oh well, some folks can only learn lessons the hard way. The OP wasn't making those millions of dollars, so it wasn't really their business to begin with. If the company wants to have a slow drip of money leaking out, then that's their prerogative. 

Up next, have a slice of the worst Thanksgiving meals ever, like one person who accidentally dyed her turkey a nice shade of Barney the dinosaur purple.