malicious compliance

'You want me to work ZERO overtime? Sure thing boss': Manager complies with new bogus OT policy, results in team racking up tons of OT hours, manager embarrasses boss in front of CEO

Ben Weiss

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Infuriated boss tries to get rid of employee after he refuses to answer work calls over the weekend, HR sides with employee: 'This won't happen again'

Ben Weiss

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'This is mandatory. You WILL attend the trivia contest': Accounting department rallies against boss who demands they have mandatory fun

Remy Millisky

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Savvy employee gets $15,000 payout after being wrongfully terminated by maintaining a thorough paper trail: 'We didn't expect you to know the laws'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Use your two weeks notice to get rid of it': Administrative assistant deletes and shreds all their files

Remy Millisky

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Dealership pulls bait and switch, customer leaves 1-star reviews and costs them $50k: 'Every time I have a few minutes to spare, I create a new account and leave a 1 star review for this dealership'

Brad Dickson

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'Luggage too heavy? Say no more': Traveler gets backlash for airport malicious compliance

Remy Millisky

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Employee requests three days off, boss demands doctor's note, doctor gets him six weeks off: 'They did not look pleased'

Ben Weiss

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16-year-old maliciously complies with stepmom's rule after getting his driver's license: 'I can't drive ANYWHERE without permission? OK!'

Ben Weiss

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Karen family cheats nanny out of $12.50, nanny charges them hundreds in unpaid hours: 'I was furious'

Brad Dickson

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Boss sets strict dress code that they themselves are in violation, employee calls them out: 'My boss never came to me about [the] dress code after that'

Brad Dickson

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Bookshop worker does their best to follow orders after supervisor demands they remain in a single section: 'Sorry, I'm busy'

Brad Dickson

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'I don't need your input. Just do what I say': New manager flexes his muscles with warehouse temperature policy, employee tries to warn him, malicious compliance ensues

Ben Weiss

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‘CEO sends dozens of emails every day’: CEO demands employees responds to all the emails he sends, leading to office dispute when employees can't get any work done other than answering emails

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I've decided that enough was enough': Worker quits job after tactless manager tells them their 'abilities are not worth that much'

Remy Millisky

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Know-it-all engineer asks machinist to fabricate a technically impossible part: 'The machinist was to machine a 12-inch part down to just over 13 inches shorter than it started'

Brad Dickson

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