malicious compliance

'At this point... we’re making pure scrap': Industrial engineer begs to boss not to run trial with sticky materials, boss insists and costs company thousands

Remy Millisky

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'He came into the job knowing absolutely zero about what we did': Clueless boss causes entire department to be terminated

Remy Millisky

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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

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

Brad Dickson

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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

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

Ben Weiss

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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

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'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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