malicious compliance

Print shop boss demands large print job start 'this instant' when preparation is incomplete, has to be redone, and costs the company a lot of money: 'Job was late, we lost any profit we were looking forward to through overnight delivery, reprint, etc.'

Brad Dickson

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Employee told they're not allowed to work from home, when they're asked to finish something urgently on the weekend they remind management of "the policy": 'I will get to it on Monday whenever I have the opportunity. Everything will be late'

Brad Dickson

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Employee comes in to the office when they are sick at their boss's demand, boss soon regrets it: 'Boss said no working from home'

Brad Dickson

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Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

Ben Weiss

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Receptionist refuses to do anything more than her job description after manager demands she stay in her lane, CEO promotes her to office coordinator when the office collapses without her: 'That was real quick'

Bar Mor Hazut

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18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

Brad Dickson

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Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Teacher tests school's strict dress code policy, claims 'sore feet' to be able to wear whatever he wants: 'There were a solid 10 of us that were [...] in blatant disregard of the dress code'

Ben Weiss

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Boss goes against painter's advice, orders painter to use corrosive paint, now costs a fortune to fix: 'When I say it's not going to work, it won't!'

Ben Weiss

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Retail manager demands employees wait until closing time to start cleaning up, leading employees to rack up overtime pay every shift: ‘He wanted us working until the very end’

Bar Mor Hazut

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18-year-old call center worker reprimanded for deviating from the script, maliciously complies to prove her point: 'You told me to stick to the script!'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

Lana DeGaetano

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Social media manager buries micromanaging boss in approval requests and business starts to suffer, owner steps in and gives manager more control and a raise: 'The problem is she takes forever to respond'

Isabella Penn

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Worker who always comes to work 20 to 30 minutes early is late to work once, prompting reprimand from their boss, the next time they're late they show up 2.5 hours late instead: 'Same penalty for being 6 minutes late as for being 3 hours late? Ok boss'

Brad Dickson

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Boss cuts back on granting overtime, worker complies and refuses to jump on urgent project after hours: 'All scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool!'

Ben Weiss

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New coworker demands that things are done "by the book" forcing the manager to remove flexible working agreements with the staff and making everything worse for everyone: 'Rules are Rules and they are there for a reason'

Brad Dickson

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