malicious compliance

Resident hides neighbor’s trash can to prevent sanitation workers from having to empty it as 'punishment' for taking out the trash after hours, neighborly dispute ensues

Sienna Varady

Comments

IT worker charges 16 hours to 2 hour job when management instates new painstaking time-logging system: '[The] client refused to pay'

Brad Dickson

Comments

Worker denied 2 days of leave because of strict policy, follows same policy and gets a month off instead: 'It was a great month'

Brad Dickson

Comments

'Good luck paying [your] employees!': Guy refuses to fix payroll problem until he gets paid more, 50 workers walk out

Ben Weiss

Comments

Clever job candidate outsmarts potential employers who post fake job listings to collect free assignments, getting them to pay thousands of dollars in compensation

Sienna Varady

Comments

'Red flags start appearing from the very first minute I arrive': Startup hires employee for impossible project, then vows to cut their salary in half

Remy Millisky

Comments

‘Fix your mess’: IT worker skillfully complies with micromanager, puts in 16 hours on a two-hour task, resulting in client's refusal to pay the hourly rate

Sienna Varady

Comments

'I made him too insecure': Guy dumps girlfriend after she scores higher on IQ test

Ben Weiss

Comments

Employee maliciously complies with manager's demands to be notified "every single time" he leaves his desk: 'Yes, ma'am!'

Ben Weiss

Comments

Mayor mows farmer's newly planted orchard adjacent to his house, farmer makes it a wetland instead: 'It's huge, it's beautiful, it's wet'

Brad Dickson

Comments

'The building was empty for most of December': Managers agree to every single vacation request after company eliminates PTO rollover

Remy Millisky

Comments

Teacher gets PTO request denied on day with no class, takes off worse day and makes HR scramble: 'I'm there because I want to be, not because I need to be'

Ben Weiss

Comments

‘It's cost them $50k’: Guy leaves 1,500+ one-star reviews after getting swindled at the car dealership

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

'It’s satisfying watching the management scramble': IT department brought to a standstill when upper management decides they need to approve everything

Brad Dickson

Comments

'You need my help? It'll cost 1 million': Scorned employee takes 10 weeks of vacation time before quitting job

Remy Millisky

Comments

'Sir, you've eaten nearly the whole box': Manager saves employee from salty customer upset over his meal

Remy Millisky

Comments