Some company policies make perfect sense on paper and feel completely detached from reality in practice. The disconnect can be frustrating. What’s a workplace policy that sounds good but doesn’t work in real life?

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Pretty much anything that’s put in place to deter people from taking advantage of perks. There’s always a few people who take advantage of things and ruin it for the rest of us. Punishing people for a few peoples mistakes never makes sense.

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