workplace malicious compliance

'Boss blames me for her forgetfulness': Healthcare worker calls out manager for never solving tech issues in front of entire team as payback

Ben Weiss

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Employee derails terrible boss's personality test by mirroring his answers to get the same result: 'I watched him die inside'

Brad Dickson

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Coworker annoyingly claims shared desk, employee gets even by unplugging things: '[IT] pointed out that her power chord was loose'

Brad Dickson

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'Stay in your lane': Restaurant chef spars with manager over leaving his station to help with a crisis, cue malicious compliance

Ben Weiss

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Overachieving employee raises KPI averages higher just so their boss misses a promotion: 'The entire sector didn't get raises that year'

Brad Dickson

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Manager insists on personally reviewing every job candidate Recruiter finds, lives to regret it: 'I never received pushback again'

Brad Dickson

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'You stepped out of the store, you don't get a refund': Clever customer uses loophole in store's return policy, infuriating the manager

Ben Weiss

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'If I am not employed there, the software cannot be used': Teacher wipes software from all machines before leaving for good after years of free extra labor

Ben Weiss

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Employee asked by new owners to teach their replacement how to do their impossible job: 'This guy got [a] full year's worth of training in a week'

Brad Dickson

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'If it's not in writing, it didn't happen': Employee uses written communication as defense when micromanaging supervisor's tries to get of them

Brad Dickson

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'The case was hopeless...': Lawyer saves restaurant owner from a rapacious landlord's iron-clad contract

Brad Dickson

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'If they don't respect my schedule, I'm just going to be absent': Manager ignores employee's conflict, employee maliciously complies, manager gets reprimanded

Ben Weiss

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Client humbles micromanager in front of entire team after micromanager tries to teach staff member a lesson in business etiquette

Sienna Varady

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'They lost the $1.2M funding too': Fired employee asked to write instruction manual for their future replacement with "zero experience," so they write it in insultingly simple terms

Brad Dickson

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Mechanic bulldozes entire field, taking down army infrastructure after commanding officer orders him to level field 'no matter what'

Sienna Varady

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'You won't make a fool out of me': Client gets even with contractor who ripped him off for $2000 by sending him to job sites that don't exist, costing contractor $15,000

Sienna Varady

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