>>Challenging bosses...
It's a crap position to be in Bromp.
Years ago we had a manager who insisted staff in a particular department did journeys from A to B in a set time and failure to do so resulted in a rollicking. Not exact figures, but the route was urban and 15 miles, he expected it to be done in 30 minutes including the time to get to the car, park at the other end and walk to the office, and would call you up at the other office to check you had arrived and was not skiving. Of course achieving a real average of 30MPH in an urban setting is almost impossible without breaking the speed limit. No one challenged him as he was keen to dish out rotten jobs and written warnings.
One senior colleague who had asked to work on our department whilst caring for a recuperating member of his family challenged him and got "shot down". He did the journey and I am convinced he deliberately put his foot down in front of a police car.
He was stopped. Told the policeman why he was speeding. Statements were taken from several employees at the office and destination and the manager was visited a few days later and told in no certain terms that he would be included in the prosecution for speeding because he forced it. The senior colleague took a good early retirement package shortly thereafter and the manager was "moved on".
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