Is reversing the menu order on mobile navigation a good idea?

Question

I work at a place where they are keen on reversing the order of the navigation items on mobile menus.

The menu is at the bottom of the screen, and the order is reversed, so Home (basically the three most important menu items) are on the bottom of the list while on desktop they would be most left of the list:

Desktop menu:

Home | About Us | Pricing | Whaterver

Mobile menu

Whatever
Pricing
About Us
Home 

I have found one case online here where this practise is suggested. To me, it is very counter intuitive since logically the most important thing is on top, and not on the bottom of the list.

I can see that the bottom items are more easily reachable with the thumb like this, but I imagine users would be spending more time trying to find the Home button in the list, since they would start to look at the top of the list.

Is there any extensive testing done on this subject? Any insights?

Answer 1

I would say this breaks directly Consistency Usability Standard.

Taken from NNgroup website: "Jakob's Law states that people spend most of their time using digital products other than yours. Users’ experiences with those other products set their expectations. Failing to maintain consistency may increase the users'cognitive load by forcing them to learn something new."