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So the entire office should organise itself around Maureen’s paranoia? According to this story, that’s the case. Some people are so lost in their own delusion that they will attribute any action to some secret agenda. Of course, I don’t think we should all walk on eggshells because of people like this, but in this case, I think it’s fair.

Employee gets called out by coworker who believes he only shows up on her floor to give her dirty looks: ‘Me and my partners in crime decided we are going to press this issue to the point of disruption’

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IT Helpdesk manager emails demanding staff arrive 15 minutes early to login and be ready to take calls "1 second before" their shift, staff comply and hang up on customers the second their shift ends: 'Sorry to interrupt you, my shift is over. Goodbye'

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Manager refuses to spend $50 on external software, insisting engineer waste company resources developing a platform in-house: 'This project was costing the company roughly $4,000 in billing hours'

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New manager targets respected senior technical specialist and threatens him with a PIP, completes more tasks in 2 days than the boss did in 6 weeks before management intervenes: 'I did it over 20 times faster than him'

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Manager demands warehouse employee follow closing checklist to the letter, they comply getting overtime and making the manager late to leave: 'By the time I finished everything, we were almost an hour past closing time'

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Engineer complies with manager's insistence to never stay past 5:00 PM by pausing an imminent project at the end of the day: 'Greg had explicitly told me to leave even if the building was on fire'

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Boss reverses policy requiring employees to earn approval every time they need to send an external email, jeopardizing relationships with frustrated clients

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Call center employee avoids being blamed by their manager, Derek, after carefully documenting their manager's conflicting requests and creating a paper trail

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Employer denies $27 parking reimbursement, employee makes them pay henceforth with 1st class train rides, costing 3 times more 'as per travel expense policy'

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Top-performing star technician quiet quits and begins "working to rule," weaponizing company policy after being repeatedly passed up for promotion: 'Update: After 6 months, they've finally noticed that the quality of my work has dropped

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Manager deletes event planner's spreadsheet, insists on doing it their way, which takes more time; their micromanagement predictably backfires: 'He insisted his way was better. Alright then'

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Manager forces employee to submit shorter reports, employee complies and then get reprimanded for not being detailed enough

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Graphic designer complies with client's vague demands to make his logo more "noticeable" by submitting pitch deck with 80% increased size

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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

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Line manager sends overwhelmed employee to career coach, coach then confronts manager about "unrealistic work expectations"