Stealing

Erik Austin
Aug 21
1 min read

Yesterday at work was straight out of a “you can’t make this up” episode. An employee pitches an idea to leadership. He nods, tells her to send it to certain leadership people. She leaves, and then—plot twist—he turns to us and goes, “What she doesn’t realize is once she mails it, it’s company property.”

I’m sorry, what? That’s not guidance, that’s corporate pickpocketing. Ideas aren’t free samples at Costco—they belong to the person who dreamed them up. If companies want innovation, maybe skip the sneaky fine print and try giving credit where credit is due.