Tag: malicious compliance

July 20, 2025 at 12:45 am

‘Always Available’ IT Support Guy Worked On A Sunday, But When He Left An Hour Early To Compensate His Overtime, His Boss Told Him It Would “Look Bad To Others”

Man using a laptop

What his boss wanted was the equivalent of walking around with a clipboard just to look busy.

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July 19, 2025 at 11:55 pm

Company Refuses To Reimburse Employee For His Grocery Store Business Expenses, So He Decides To Splurge On His Favorite Coffee Beans For The Next Three Weeks

man weighing bags of coffee beans

I wonder how long it took him to get through all those bags of coffee beans!

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July 19, 2025 at 11:15 pm

Boss Demands That An Engineer Complete An Impossible Task, So They Decide To Let The Consequences Speak For Themselves

Boss Demands That An Engineer Complete An Impossible Task, So They Decide To Let The Consequences Speak For Themselves

The customer isn’t always right.

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July 19, 2025 at 10:35 pm

Teacher Gets Reprimanded For Showing Up To Work Two Minutes Late, So He Decides Not To Work One Minute Longer Than His Contracted Hours

interior of a weight room

Nobody appreciates the work you do for free until you stop doing it.

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July 19, 2025 at 9:46 pm

Employee Waits Out The Red-Tape Nonsense At His Work And Does His Job Until The Time Comes For A Perfect Exit

Employee Waits Out The Red-Tape Nonsense At His Work And Does His Job Until The Time Comes For A Perfect Exit

Don’t know what to say to this post? Ask John!

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July 19, 2025 at 8:45 pm

Toxic Manager Tried To Crack Down On Overtime Pay Without Understanding The System, So The Whole Facility Suffered Costly Downtime

female engineer in her workspace

A heavy-handed approach can do more harm than good.

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July 19, 2025 at 7:55 pm

Call Center Demanded Employees Stick To The Script No Matter What The Customer Says, But It Created Some Really Awkward Scenes

Call Center Demanded Employees Stick To The Script No Matter What The Customer Says, But It Created Some Really Awkward Scenes

Not all scripts are well-written. 

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July 19, 2025 at 6:48 pm

Front Desk Employee Followed A Rigid New Visitor Policy To The Letter, So The CEO Of The Company Was Forced To Sit And Wait Like Everyone Else

man in a suit on the phone

Even in the world of security, you have to balance practicality.

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July 19, 2025 at 5:47 pm

Homeowners Humored The Neighbors By Agreeing To Get A Property Survey, But They Soon Realized The Property Line Wasn’t Where Either Of Them Thought It Was

man building a wooden fence

Consider yourself lucky if you get along with your neighbors.

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July 19, 2025 at 1:49 pm

Parking Attendant Enforced Rules Without Exception, So The Wrong People Got Mad And The Right People Got Exposed For Corruption

parking lot with cars parked in spaces

In the end, the ones who bent the rules ended up paying the price!

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