workplace malicious compliance

Advertisement

'Your job is only to count. Count, count, count, and count!': Food packing employee reprimanded by manager for pointing out damaged fruit, malicious compliance ensues

'Your job is only to count. Count, count, count, and count!': Food packing employee reprimanded by manager for pointing out damaged fruit, malicious compliance ensues

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40354053

15-year-old assistant soccer referee doesn't get paid after 18-year-old ref makes up a rule about being 30 minutes early, assistant ref gets him fired: ‘Dave was fired for making up rules, and I got paid’

Advertisement

Customer finds loophole in store's return policy, maliciously complies to get on the entitled manager's nerves: 'You stepped out of the store, you don't get a refund'

Customer finds loophole in store's return policy, maliciously complies to get on the entitled manager's nerves: 'You stepped out of the store, you don't get a refund'

'Enjoy $7k in rotten shrimp': Manager ignores grocery store employee's warning about freezer temperature, whole seafood section goes bad

'Enjoy $7k in rotten shrimp': Manager ignores grocery store employee's warning about freezer temperature, whole seafood section goes bad

'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Fired employee gets even with boss by redirecting hundreds of clients to spam her inbox

'Enjoy an extra 100+ emails a day': Fired employee gets even with boss by redirecting hundreds of clients to spam her inbox

Advertisement

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40103429

Teen working at local grocery store shows their boss why they don't "always" offer to take people's groceries out to their car: 'He emphasized it was the store policy and I need to offer help to EVERYONE'

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 40063493

HR tells veteran barge tower not to be "inflexible" and to listen to their ideas of their younger crew members, they step back and watch things unravel: 'I was told I should listen to crew and perhaps I could learn some "new and improved" ways to towboat'

customer support customer service workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance retail work customers customer workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Customer Service - 40001541

Entitled customer talks herself out of waived late fees when she refuses to listen to customer service representative: 'Okay you want me to follow company policy? I got you!'

Advertisement

workplace discussion workplace-stories talesfromretail jobs employee job malicious compliance retail work workplace tales-from-retail workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 39896069

Bookkeepers refuse to continue working 18-hour-shifts, call out sick and ghost employer so there's no one to fill their role: '[They] refused to let me switch schedules after scheduling me to close at 11 PM and open at 5 AM'

New boss enforces strict 12:00 lunch time, rule immediately backfires as customers are abandoned: 'It was a complete mess'

New boss enforces strict 12:00 lunch time, rule immediately backfires as customers are abandoned: 'It was a complete mess'

workplace discussion tales from tech support workplace-stories programming jobs tech support employee talesfromtechsupport job malicious compliance technical difficulties work technology programmers IT guy workplace Tech developers workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 39065605

IT worker told to stop wasting time helping their coworkers, IT tickets get out of control when all the small problems are no longer getting fixed: 'Everyone was quietly enjoying the fact that Boss's ridiculous policy had backfired spectacularly'

Advertisement

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace Workplace - 39778821

Boss demands that everyone take lunch at exactly 12:00 PM, left handling an empty office when the time arrives: '12:00 hits. We all just… walk away. Phones ringing, customers mid-sentence---not our problem. Boss looked panicked, trying to handle it all.'

workplace discussion workplace-stories jobs employee job malicious compliance work workplace workplace malicious compliance employment in the workplace - 39759109

Neighbor declares homeowner's front yard to be a "community parking area," gets towed: 'As soon as she parked her car there again I immediately called a tow [truck]'

Manager scolds employee for leaving his desk to use the restroom, employee drives her crazy by messaging her constantly: 'I made sure to let her know every time I left my desk'

Manager scolds employee for leaving his desk to use the restroom, employee drives her crazy by messaging her constantly: 'I made sure to let her know every time I left my desk'

Advertisement

New Corporate VP fires crucial team members, engineers maliciously comply with new policies, leading to financial mess: 'All the [employees] who were let go were rehired'

New Corporate VP fires crucial team members, engineers maliciously comply with new policies, leading to financial mess: 'All the [employees] who were let go were rehired'

'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

Trending Now

Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Potential homebuyers demand neighbor stop parking in her own driveway before buying house next door, she says no, they send a contract: ‘[You] have to agree to park in the street from now on’

Potential homebuyers demand neighbor stop parking in her own driveway before buying house next door, she says no, they send a contract: ‘[You] have to agree to park in the street from now on’

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Company owner demands employees fill out anonymous survey about work, only to turn it into a public loyalty test: ‘Everyone in the room realized this was a test’

Ohio woman resigns from her medical billing job and discovers her former manager is telling clients she was fired for misconduct involving patient accounts: ‘I don’t want this rumor to damage my new job before I even start’

Ohio woman resigns from her medical billing job and discovers her former manager is telling clients she was fired for misconduct involving patient accounts: ‘I don’t want this rumor to damage my new job before I even start’

Tenant's home gets broken into, then landlords expects her to pay $500 dollars for negligent charges: 'Someone tried to break into my apartment how is this my fault?'

Tenant's home gets broken into, then landlords expects her to pay $500 dollars for negligent charges: 'Someone tried to break into my apartment how is this my fault?'

Advertisement