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Re: a special chair for your back... "Order high-quality materials which are hard to get. If you don't get them argue about it. Warn that inferior materials will mean inferior work."
Memories work in funny ways. The first thing that jumped to my mind was the Asterix book where the Romans capture the druid (Getafix, in the English versions) and want him to make the magic potion. He insists that he must have fresh strawberries to make it, which are out of season. He doesn't really need them, it turns out, but it delays the whole project as the Romans dispatch someone to points far to the south to try and fetch some and bring them back while they're still fresh.
In Spanish the druid is called Panoramix for whatever reason :)
In the TV show "What we do in the shadows" this is called an energy vampire. (you suck out other energy) Also a great show.
Seems like a quick route to the unemployment line...no thanks!
They must be either good, or you need to run away, fast.
'When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committees as large as possible - never less than five'
I asked for a special chair for my back. Started challenging our processes.
Funny thing happened. People started to see me as an important person.. an expert. I started to work from home again slowly.. then never came back. A year later others were encouraged to wfh because of office space concerns.
Get in there and make sure they regret pulling you back. Show your face everywhere. Make your voice heard. Take on all issues and then drop them.