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'You want a phone call EVERY time? Will do!': Employee puts in tons of overtime to maliciously comply with micromanager's demands, gets him fired

'You want a phone call EVERY time? Will do!': Employee puts in tons of overtime to maliciously comply with micromanager's demands, gets him fired

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Employee gets buried in busywork when boss sees their clean desk, going forward they pretend to be busy with decoy files and folders: 'I learned my lesson'

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'I cost them $100+k': Contractor denied phone access in warehouse to speak to supervisor, entire team collects paycheck and walks out

'I cost them $100+k': Contractor denied phone access in warehouse to speak to supervisor, entire team collects paycheck and walks out

Entitled boss gets what he deserves for not believing employee's injury, has to pay employee a week of sick leave instead of the requested one day

‘He got his note’: Employee sprains ankle and requests one day of paid sick leave, boss demands to see a doctor's note and ends up paying a week of leave per doctor's orders

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Boss repeatedly asks employee to work shifts while they're on leave to enjoy the birth of their first child, employee quits instead: 'How about I take a permanent vacation...'

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Major client foolishly insists tech support delete all data, tech support refuses to comply saving the client's business: 'Their entire company basically shut down for an afternoon'

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New "nepo baby" boss strong-arms lead mechanic into organizing his tools for the boss to use, mechanic locks up his tools and leaves: 'I am currently sitting in my car [...] browsing job listings'

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Manager insists all personal phone calls be directed to them in an effort to stop employees needing their phones at work, predictably backfires: 'No phones allowed at work, tell them to call me directly!'

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'Try to pile on more work to increase your bonus? Not gonna happen...': Manager tries to put the work of 12 people onto a 7 person team to get a bigger bonus, supervisor won't let that happen

'I'm still gloating over my [win] over corporate Karen': Worker maliciously complies with boss's request to park bike in designated spot, results in six hours of OT

'I'm still gloating over my [win] over corporate Karen': Worker maliciously complies with boss's request to park bike in designated spot, results in six hours of OT

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Coworker is dismissive and impolite to new hire, so they take "her" unofficial parking spot

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student maliciously complies with teacher's assistant's request to accurately predict questions student's will have, writes up 10 pages of joke questions

‘Teacher's assistant on a power trip’ expects student to predict exact questions his peers will ask during a lesson, student maliciously complies with 10 pages of hilarious wise-guy predictions

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'Don't worry, message received loud and clear': Employee puts power-tripping micromanaging Karen manager in her place by following her orders

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Freight driver follows management's misguided orders resulting in excess overtime for everyone when they arrive to the depot late: 'The next day no one said a word'

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Tech support employee fakes a client's major data deletion to prove that he knows what he's talking about, save all their data but waits for them to come crawling back

Tech support employee prevents major deletion of client's data despite being asked to remove their subscription, maliciously complies by faking the deletion of data to prove a point

malicious compliance ensues when freight driver is refused help 4 times, only half of his tasks end up completed and multiple parties get cheated as a result

‘This time it bit them badly’: Tired freight employee is refused backup 4 times by crooked management, is only able to complete 1/2 tasks and management gets chewed out as a result

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Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

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'

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'

Virginia employee refuses to use software that records customers without approval, seeks legal action after employer threatens termination

Virginia employee refuses to use software that records customers without approval, seeks legal action after employer threatens termination

Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’

Coworker insists every discussion happen on a call, then ghosts meetings and delays project for weeks, forcing manager to step in: ‘She’s withholding the information I need to do my work’

Elderly homeowner begs couple to move in because she's afraid to live alone, kicks them out 2 weeks later over a work-for-rent misunderstanding: 'We were completely confused'

Elderly homeowner begs couple to move in because she's afraid to live alone, kicks them out 2 weeks later over a work-for-rent misunderstanding: 'We were completely confused'

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

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