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Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings

Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings'

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

Factory worker follows manager's orders, costing the company thousands of dollars, managers gets fired: ' I was ordered to direct all questions to the "senior" worker'

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Employee maliciously complies after being told to take shorter breaks: 'I decided to take short breaks every five minutes'

Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

Update: 'We had 7 days to leave the premises': Landlord tries to evict business and claim their equipment as his own, business owners enact malicious compliance

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Boss fires manager for refusing to do his bidding, promotes a crony into the job who sinks the department: 'I stopped doing anything except what he told me to do'

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Employee told to drop everything to serve their boss coffee, drops 300 files on the ground and spills the coffee on him before quitting: 'I was working for the new company 22 minutes later'

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Comedian doesn't realize the joke is on them when they're unknowingly condescending to the bar's manager: 'I'm the manager and I will never book you again'

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Coworker complains about tech support worker getting credit for their unfinished jobs, forced to finish them himself: 'So now, he’s doing twice, sometimes 3 times the work, all because he wanted full credit for partial results'

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Client says contractors are working "too fast" demand they work slower, making project cost four times more: '$200,000 for a job that should have realistically only been worth about $45,000'

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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

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Customer service rep gets paid to play video games after management's misguided instructions leave them without any work: 'For 5 days, I sat in my spare bedroom/office playing video games, all while logged in'

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Boss demands software service rep stick to the script causing client catastrophe: 'My boss said, "Just follow the script"… so I did—all the way to a million-dollar client meltdown'

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Manager's obsessive cost-cutting initiatives cost the company more money when double-sided printing policy causes problems with important client: 'All printing must be double-sided—no exceptions'

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Employee laid-off by new owners gets even via remote access, uninstalling personal software: 'You should've been nicer when you laid me off'

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Machine operator forced to adhere to strict new schedule by new management stalling line and costing plant millions in production: 'I got the new boss off my back and he got reamed'

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Manager tells employee to "get a better offer" after denying them a raise, they do and quit instead: 'Get a better job offer and we'll talk'

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18-year-old leaves stepfather, mother, and siblings at the airport and takes flight alone: 'I boarded anyway and left them all behind'

18-year-old leaves stepfather, mother, and siblings at the airport and takes flight alone: 'I boarded anyway and left them all behind'

Parents kick 17-year-old brother out of house for telling 15-year-old sister that she's their favorite child: 'The favoritism mostly showed in them spoiling her and dedicating 1:1 time for her while they never made much of an effort with me'

Parents kick 17-year-old brother out of house for telling 15-year-old sister that she's their favorite child: 'The favoritism mostly showed in them spoiling her and dedicating 1:1 time for her while they never made much of an effort with me'

Employee gets fired while on medical leave, HR offers lame alternative to avoid getting sued: 'The company's needs have changed during your absence':

Employee gets fired while on medical leave, HR offers lame alternative to avoid getting sued: 'The company's needs have changed during your absence':

Worker spreads 100 copies of boss's meeting notes company-wide: 'Folks were... refusing to do their normal duties [and] browsing Indeed during work'

Worker spreads 100 copies of boss's meeting notes company-wide: 'Folks were... refusing to do their normal duties [and] browsing Indeed during work'

‘He deserved a minimum $250 fine’: Hotel employee refuses to check-in mother with kids traveling after Christmas since his shift ends in 30-minutes, costs him a pretty penny

‘He deserved a minimum $250 fine’: Hotel employee refuses to check-in mother with kids traveling after Christmas since his shift ends in 30-minutes, costs him a pretty penny

Boss refuses to pay new hire for training period, leading employee to accuse boss of going against the law, only to get fired on the spot: ‘She told me to hand in my uniform’

Boss refuses to pay new hire for training period, leading employee to accuse boss of going against the law, only to get fired on the spot: ‘She told me to hand in my uniform’

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