Micromanagement has a way of draining even the most dedicated employees.

After years of tolerating rising demands and declining morale, one overworked employee decided to follow their company’s own advice —just not in the way anyone expected.

Read on for the full story!

Does it count if I semi-maliciously quit?

In my previous job, for the first several years I was pretty happy.

But then, things started to go downhill.

But my manager got progressively more and more micromanage-y (or maybe it was the same amount, and I just got sicker and sicker of it).

Work continues deteriorated more and more each day.

The demands and deadlines also became untenable, and I was finding myself extremely stressed all the time, and dreading going in to work most days.

Then leadership said something they just couldn’t ignore any longer.

Anyway, at a recent company town hall, one of the speakers said something to the effect of “If you don’t love getting out of bed on Monday mornings and coming to work, you should go do something else.”

So that’s exactly what they did!

So shortly thereafter, I accepted a new, remote job that pays more, and at least for now, I’m happy there.

Does that count as malicious compliance?

Turns out, they just needed a little push to make a change!

What did Reddit think?

I’m replaceable? Ok, boss!

This commenter thinks the employee should have really rubbed it in their faces.

Some managers really do support their employees, even when they choose to leave the company.

When will leaders learn that a little empathy goes a long way?

Sometimes the best compliance is knowing when to walk away.

At least this employee got a sweet deal out of following their gut!

If you liked that story, check out this post about a group of employees who got together and why working from home was a good financial decision.