malicious compliance

‘Crashed the site’: New tech leaders try to cover up a massive mistake by blocking employees from downloading software, employees retaliate beautifully

Lana DeGaetano

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Company refuses to reimburse employee's work travel expenses, claiming he spent too much, prompting employee's $1000 retaliation and resignation

Sienna Varady

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CEO's return to office plan is upended by CTO when CEO refuses to follow their own rules: 'Guess who wasn't there? Yeah, the CEO'

Brad Dickson

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'You're doing thousands of pounds worth of damage': School caretaker leaves hundreds of visitors waiting after being told he's not allowed to open the gate manually

Remy Millisky

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'Call me on my days off? Guess you're paying me': Energy employee gets even with boss who won't stop bugging them on their days off

Remy Millisky

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'I was tired of the unfairness of it all': Call center worker decreases their output by 80% after workplace changes pay incentives

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager’s criticism backfires as junior employee withdraws support, prompting boss’s desperate plea for help

Sienna Varady

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IT Manager gets fired after company is forced to send worker their equipment when they're banned from taking it home: '[The] IT manager was nowhere to be seen. Turns out, she had been demoted'

Brad Dickson

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Landlord demands access to home to paint and sand, tenant makes them regret it with loud grating music: '[My] landlord tried to strong-arm me into letting him into the home'

Brad Dickson

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NCO orders Air Force Information Manager to track their completed jobs, quickly abandoned when results stack in their favor: 'I had over [6 times] the jobs'

Brad Dickson

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Admin worker complies with snarky Karen coworker's request to receive all documentation, overwhelms her with paperwork: '[I] ended up with a stack of over 1,500 pages'

Ben Weiss

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'I see the tow truck arrive and leave with the CFO's very, very precious Corvette': Secretary decides to follow conflicting instructions between their two bosses

Remy Millisky

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'You wanna drown in paperwork? Be my guess!': Truck driver maliciously complies with new scanning policy, gives payroll a major headache

Ben Weiss

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'He brought down the wrath of the fire inspector': Tenant gets back at landlord for insisting they get a pro to install a smoke detector

Remy Millisky

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Man's neighbor threatens to call police for mowing his lawn, so he stops mowing their side of the yard: ‘I said it's too loud and I might get in trouble"

Lana DeGaetano

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'Answer each and every email with "got it"': Boss insists that employee change the "upsetting" tone of their emails

Remy Millisky

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