malicious compliance

'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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‘You want a ride? This is the one you’re getting': Sister takes a scenic route to teach her entitled little brother a lesson after he repeatedly demands a ride home from work

Jesse Kessenheimer

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''Turn my service off RIGHT NOW'... Ok': Customer service agent uses malicious compliance to force the hand of a money-grubbing customer, proving a point with one fell swoop

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Teacher gets back at principal for having to give a speech to the student body, ends up giving a 90-minute diatribe: 'You wanted me to do the speech, deal with it'

Ben Weiss

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'If I catch that you were slacking off or lying, you are fired': Law partner demands summer associate to update him on whereabouts at all times, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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New homeowners find loophole in strict HOA policy forbidding them from renovating 'historic' home: 'No variance was required if we tore [it] down'

Ben Weiss

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