We need to keep our best people!
An example of bad management at a wide reaching level was when I receieved an email informing me that the annual technical excellence conference due in a month or so hadn't had enough nominations, and needed more. This was followed later the same day by another email stating that the staff at the company in question were it's best asset and they wished to do all they could to retain talent.

These were made laughable following less than 10 days behind a round of involuntary redundancies, in which one of the most technically gifted people I have ever worked with, who had single handedly saved the project I was on more than once, had been given his marching orders. This was despite severe opposition from anyone immediately connected to him, including his line manager at the time.
(repooc, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 9:13, 2 replies)

send in a nomination
"you made them all redundant"
( weaver., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 15:40, closed)

I did kinda...
I left the company shortly after that, and sent a polite letter to the country general manager detailing exactly why I was leaving.

Got a standard company bullshit response from him, however I felt better for having said my piece.
(repooc, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 20:55, closed)