It seems to mean screwing with a company purely for the sake of screwing with it.

They didn't work then - in fact they contributed to the mess today - and they certainly aren't working now.
Only in Newfoundland and Labrador do people seem to think that if we do the same things again that didn't work before, they might just work this time.
If that isn't enough to persuade you, consider that the same administration that trumpets its efforts to reduce needless regulation for business has a fish minister who has never seen a pointless regulatory burden on industry he couldn't increase.