[BrianR]

Zen, that happened at a place where I used to work. The director was hospitalised with a serious condition, possibly terminal. Her home office appointed some guy no one ever heard of to replace her. This guy waltzed in and started changing everything. Salaries, workspaces, procedures worked out over years of experience, new rules popped up everywhere. The office became a Hell overnight. Job satisfaction plummeted. People were fired or quit daily. Letters to the home office went unheeded.

Then, the unthinkable happened. The director made a miraculous recovery. When she was about to return, she called her secretary and was surprised to find that she didn't work there anymore and she was speaking to a temp. A few more calls around the office told the story. A plan was hatched.

Two days before she returned, the entire office up and quit. THAT finally got management's attention. When Director returned, she found an empty office, a befuddled replacement and a couple of temps hopelessly struggling to replace an entire office.

Replacement Director was quickly returned to Hell from whence he came and the entire office was called back and reinstated.

Sometimes, things just work out.