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sabotage manual

Apr 29, 20244 min read

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(11) General sabotage of organization and production

  • (a) Organization and Meetings

    • (1) Insist on doing everything through “channels”.
      • Insist that it be done through “channels.” Never allow shortcuts to speed up decisions.
    • (2) Make “speeches. Speak as often and as long as possible.
      • Speak at length. Explain your point of view with anecdotes and personal experiences.
      • Do not hesitate to state appropriate patriotic comments.
    • (3) Refer all issues to the committee for “further study and consideration” whenever possible.
      • The committee tries to be as large as possible. — never less than 5 people.
    • (4) Bring up unrelated issues as often as possible.
    • (5) dispute over the exact wording of communications, minutes, and resolutions.
    • (6) Attempts to again raise the issue of the validity of the decision by citing the decision that was made at the previous meeting.
    • (7) Encourage “caution.” Ask your co-workers to be “reasonable” and avoid hasty actions that could cause embarrassment or difficulty later
    • (8) Worry about the validity of any decision.
      • Raises the question of whether the group is under the jurisdiction of, or in conflict with, the policies of the higher-level organization.

  • (b) Managers and supervisors

    • (1) Request a written order.
    • (2) “Misinterpret” the order. Ask endless questions or engage in lengthy correspondence about the order. You may quibble.
    • (3) Delay delivery of the order by any means possible. Even if it is partially ready, do not deliver it until it is completely ready.
    • (4) New material orders will not be placed until the current inventory is almost depleted. This is because even the slightest delay will result in a shutdown of operations.
    • (5) Order high quality materials that are hard to obtain. If you can’t get it, discuss it. Warn them that if the materials are bad, the work will be bad.
    • (6) Work assignments should be signed off in order of importance, starting with the least important jobs. Make sure that important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers using inferior machinery.
    • (7) Demand perfect work on relatively unimportant products. Send anything with even the slightest defect to be refinished. Approve parts with other defects that are not visible to the naked eye.
    • (8) Routing errors, such as sending parts or materials to the wrong place in the plant.
    • (9) When training new employees, give incomplete and misleading instructions.
    • (10) Pleasing inefficient workers and giving them unfair promotions in order to lower morale and lower production.
      • Discriminate against efficient workers or complain unfairly about their work.
    • (11) Hold meetings when there is more important work to be done.
    • (12) Increase paperwork in plausible ways.
      • Start duplicate files.
    • (13) Put procedures and permissions in place for the issuance of instructions, pay slips, etc.
      • Make it so that where one person can do it, three people must approve it.
    • (14) All rules apply to the last character.

  • (c) Office Workers

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2024-04-29

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