OK - one more from 2019.
There was this Project Manager who was going to prioritize our projects based on votes. In order to do this he set up a conference call and told us to update his spreadsheet real-time. "Just add "+1" next to the project you thought should be done first.", he said.
There were three categories, and we all could vote once in each category. Then somebody asked if he could just use all his votes on a single item. "Sure - why not?". Okay...
Before long, "+3" started appearing next to specific items. And again. And again. And again. And then +6.
To our astonishment the PM just started adding up all the numbers and indeed prioritized based on the tally. Somebody even mentioned that the total number far exceed the number of team members (times three) and thus possible votes, but he either didn't understand or just went ahead for the sake of it.
We're now busy working on the +1+1+3+3+5+3+3+3+6+1+5+1+3 project...
Is it vote-rigging if it's this blatant?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
