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Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of S... by jonas21 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:04AM (#31677441)
> (11) (a) Organizations and Conferences

> (1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.

> (2) Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences...

> (3) 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.

> (4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.

> (5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

> (6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.

So what you're telling me is my coworkers are all saboteurs!

Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of S... by JOnAgain on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:21AM (#31677516)
Sounds like all my middle management meetings at Google. At least 10 people to make a decision, they all have the ability to veto, but none have approval authority.
Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of S... by blitzar on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:20AM (#31678087)
And the bosses keep lavishing these workers with praise - are they in on it too? Possibly handlers of some sort ...
Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of S... by yosito on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:49AM (#31678994)
The project managers at my company seem to be using this as their bible.
Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of S... by kqr on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:44AM (#31678226)
Saboteurs or bureaucrats -- they operate roughly in the same way.