20 Stupid Cost-Cutting Measures That Ended Up Being A Lot More Expensive
‘Removed all the wastepaper baskets’
Corporate higher-ups get paid more than the rest of us to make decisions like, “Yeah, turn off the HVAC system during the summer to save money,” without considering that maybe the HVAC system is serving a divine purpose — like preventing mold. Half a million dollars later, that divine purpose was finally understood, with it becoming clear that the whole penny-pinching scheme cost a lot more money in the long run.
Redditors have weighed in on the times their idiot bosses tried to cut company costs and ended up spending more cash instead, and most of these decisions are so stupid they should be criminal.