When new managers take over, they often feel like they need to make changes, even though they don’t fully understand the environment.

What would you do if you had an approved vacation coming up when a new manager was hired, and he said that if you took the vacation, you would be fired?

That is what happened to the supervisor in this story, so he made it clear that he would be going on his vacation. Just before leaving, however, he set the schedule for the week he would be gone and was careful to ensure things would be as difficult as possible for the manager who was firing him.

Exactly what he did surprised me a little bit, but I absolutely loved it. Read through the story below and see what you think.

Want me to create the employee schedule when I know I’m getting fired? You got it!

This was about 20 years ago.

Vacation time is an important part of any compensation package.

I was working as an hourly manager at a popular american fast food place (franchise, not corporate). I had been there several years and had accrued some vacation time.

I requested a week off (months in advance) to go on a hunting trip a few states away with my dad (who taught me to shoot and hunt). The vacation time was approved by the general manager of the store and I booked the trip (non-refundable).

Managers like this can ruin a great workplace.

A week before I was due to go on vacation, the head office decided to replace my general manager with one from a different store they owned.

The new general manager decided he had to assert his dominance by rejecting my vacation time and stated that he didn’t have enough managers available to cover the shifts. I argued that the trip was already booked but he wasn’t hearing any of it.

He is still doing his job even though he knows he will be fired.

I liked my job and didn’t want to leave but there was no way I was going to miss this trip. I tried everything to get him to approve the time off but he scheduled me to work that week anyway. He said if I didn’t work, I’d be fired. I told him I was going.

I liked my coworkers and didn’t want to screw anyone over by having shifts that needed covered so I got them all covered a few days before I left.

Wow, the manager is still making demands about his work?

The general manager wouldn’t approve them working for me and still said I had to work. I was working the day before the trip (friday) and he knew I was leaving the next day no matter what.

Part of my job was to schedule the crews shifts. It typically needed to be done by sunday for the following week, but on this day he said I had to have it done that day.

Let’s see how this guy handles the situation.

Cue the malicious compliance:

One additional thing to note, this was about 15 years after the most popular girls name was Ashley and the most popular boys name was Michael.

That means we had 8 Ashleys and 6 Michaels working there. It was normally trouble to keep from having more than 2 of them there at the same time because of labor laws.

I did not see this coming. That is just too funny.

That saturday, from 11am-2pm (lunch rush) on the general managers shift, Every Single One of them was scheduled at the same time.

I can only imagine the chaos when he wanted one of them to do something.

It worked out perfectly.

When I picked up my last check, another shift manager confirmed that it was as glorious as I had imagined.

That is some creative revenge. I love it. Hopefully this guy found a new job that had a better boss.

Check out what the people in the comments have to say about what happened.

This commenter thinks the head office should have stepped in.

Whatever works.

Departments do what they have to do.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a contractor who flew along way and spent 3 days on a fix only to find a breaker that needed to be flipped.

Too funny.

This would have been iconic.

When getting revenge on a manager, sometimes you have to get creative. It is unfortunate that this guy got fired because he seems like a great supervisor.

That being said, this guy seems good and he won’t have any trouble finding a better job.