malicious compliance

'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

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‘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

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

Ben Weiss

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

Ben Weiss

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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

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

Remy Millisky

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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

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

Jesse Kessenheimer

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

Brad Dickson

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

Remy Millisky

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

Remy Millisky

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'Think of what the customer wants? Sure': Boss insists employee offer client half off order

Remy Millisky

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'[Boss] picks NOW to treat me like a child': Hospitality worker gains 5x more sick time off after boss forces them to go to a doctor

Remy Millisky

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'You can't be serious...': Employee quits after PTO for wedding and honeymoon is denied by micromanager, leaving company high and dry

Sienna Varady

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'Take notes the old fashioned way': Teacher refuses to let student bring loud laptop to class, so he brings a typewriter instead

Ben Weiss

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Hospital worker forced to carve out extra time for higher-ups, charges a ton of OT: 'I couldn't be blamed'

Ben Weiss

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