The best dirty business tactic I know is the story of a rich man called Laban and his manager called Jacob
Jacob was such a good worker that if Laban could keep him forever at a low wage delivering quality services he would.
So when he heard that Jacob loved one of his daughters, he was ecstatic. He saw an opportunity of keeping him just where he wanted. He told Jacob to work for 7 years and then he could marry his daughter.
However when the 7 years were finished – instead of giving Rachel to Jacob he did something sneaky. He gave Jacob his eldest daughter Leah. Jacob did not realize this until morning because in that culture you went to bed with your new husband on the first night with your face covered.
In the morning when Jacob protested; Laban told him he would give him Rachel (the woman he really wanted) if he agreed to work an additional 7 years! So Jacob did another 7 years of working for this horrible boss.
But the story doesn’t end there
One night Jacob had a dream where he was divinely showed a way to get back at Laban. When the time came to negotiate his wages, he told Laban to give him all the flocks that were spotted, speckled and brown – that will be his wages. Laban agreed because this number was insignificant.
What Jacob did was that whenever it was the mating season he would place a speckled image in front of the mating animals and they would produce speckled calves. He only did this with the strong animals.
That way his own flocks increased in number and quality!
This was a handsome payback for a boss that compelled him to work for 21 years on low pay and even changed their agreement 10 times!
I love this story because it illustrates how being a horrible cheating boss will bite you in the long haul.
Hope this helps you in your journey to success
Boomy Tokan