malicious compliance

'My boss demanded I serve all customers': Deli coworkers slice cheese all night just to prove their boss wrong

Remy Millisky

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'Not my job': Jack-of-all-trades employee gets denied a promotion because he works too hard; follows instruction to 'stay in his lane', triumphantly watching the bosses scramble

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Our productivity plummeted': Employee shares how 'return to office' policy ruined their company

Brad Dickson

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'This looks like a personal print job': Boss makes employees pay to use printer for personal use, employee catches boss breaking the rules

Ben Weiss

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‘I left the payroll tab open; now everyone is quitting': Employees find out coworkers salaries after accountant complies with boss's request to cover the front desk; employees' demand raises, then quit when denied

Eleonora Bader

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'I went full Karen mode': New car haggler refuses to pay for pinstriped vehicle, dealership repaints his car overnight

Remy Millisky

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'I can't say anything. He's in dress code': Employee discovers loophole in strict manager's dress code policy, wears yoga pants to work

Ben Weiss

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'Dad came up with a little evil plan': Food delivery guy maliciously complies after he's forced to leave his work uniform outside

Remy Millisky

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'He 100% agreed': Employee snaps on boss who contacts him during family leave

Remy Millisky

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‘Everyone knew it was ridiculous’: Preschool teacher reluctantly complies with boss's outrageous bathroom break schedule after a student wets themselves; gets justified when the entire school backs her up

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Fifty years of malicious compliance': Man blames wife for late dinner, she decides to never drive again

Remy Millisky

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'I’m not clocked in yet': Coworker tries to use employee, boss takes coworker's side, employee maliciously complies

Ben Weiss

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'They had to stamp 50,000 catalogs by hand': Boss fired after he delays catalogues and costs company thousands

Remy Millisky

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'Close them completely': Manager demands bathrooms are closed while cleaned, chaos ensues

Brad Dickson

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'[He] doesn't understand the consequences': Boss demands IT worker shut down company emails all weekend, quickly regrets locking himself out

Remy Millisky

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'A tank crew pulling comm wire from the undercarriage': Lieutenant's dumb command gets maliciously complied with to disastrous results

Brad Dickson

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