malicious compliance Archives

April 26, 2025 at 1:22 pm

Her Soon-To-Be Ex-Husband Made Every Attempt To Offer A More Than Fair Settlement During Their Divorce, But She Refused And Wanted To Let The Courts Decide

Angry husband and wife looking away from each other

This woman still got more than what she deserved.

April 26, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Bank Labeled Customer A Rule Breaker Over Forty Dollars, So He Followed The Rules To The Letter And Found An Unexpected Loophole

Lose the battle, win the war!

April 26, 2025 at 11:15 am

HR Instituted A New Policy For All Employees Because One Constantly Left Early Or Came Late, But The New Time Tracking Led Them All To Getting Extra Days Off

HR is the real hero of the story.

April 26, 2025 at 3:43 am

Bookstore Owner Made His Girlfriend The Manager, But Then She Started Making Changes That Hurt The Customers. So This Worker Followed Orders And Let The Complaints Flow.

Sometimes you have to follow dumb policies to get them to change.

April 26, 2025 at 1:42 am

Wells Fargo Teller Gave His Grandpa Double The Cash He Requested In The 1960s, But She Wouldn’t Listen When He Came To Return It. So He Just Kept The Money.

It pays to be honest.

April 26, 2025 at 12:46 am

Boss Gives Employees So Much Work That They Need Overtime To Get It All Done, But Then He Tells Them To Stop Working So Much Overtime

woman with a stack of paperwork on her desk at night

This boss can’t make up his mind!

April 25, 2025 at 10:35 pm

New Management Took Over And Changed The Rules, And It Pushed A Lot Of People’s Buttons. But One Employee Found A Way To Push Back.

ladies lighting candles on a birthday cake

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your retirement go?

April 25, 2025 at 9:45 pm

Helpful Worker’s Honest Opinion About Boss Gets Them Reprimanded To Keep Baking, So That’s Exactly What They Do

This baker really got a rise out of their manager with this one!

April 25, 2025 at 8:48 pm

Manager Enforces Flawed Time Clock Rules, So Employee Uses Them To Take Extra Breaks Without Getting Caught

Time clock hanging on the wall next to employee time cards

That was well-played!

April 25, 2025 at 7:49 pm

Homeowner Finally Gave In And Joined The HOA After Holding Out For Years, But After The HOA President Betrayed His Trust, The Homeowner Drove Him Out Of The Neighborhood

Remind me to never get on this guy’s bad side.

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Her Soon-To-Be Ex-Husband Made Every Attempt To Offer A More Than Fair Settlement During Their Divorce, But She Refused And Wanted To Let The Courts Decide

Bank Labeled Customer A Rule Breaker Over Forty Dollars, So He Followed The Rules To The Letter And Found An Unexpected Loophole

HR Instituted A New Policy For All Employees Because One Constantly Left Early Or Came Late, But The New Time Tracking Led Them All To Getting Extra Days Off

Bookstore Owner Made His Girlfriend The Manager, But Then She Started Making Changes That Hurt The Customers. So This Worker Followed Orders And Let The Complaints Flow.

Wells Fargo Teller Gave His Grandpa Double The Cash He Requested In The 1960s, But She Wouldn’t Listen When He Came To Return It. So He Just Kept The Money.

Boss Gives Employees So Much Work That They Need Overtime To Get It All Done, But Then He Tells Them To Stop Working So Much Overtime

New Management Took Over And Changed The Rules, And It Pushed A Lot Of People’s Buttons. But One Employee Found A Way To Push Back.

Helpful Worker’s Honest Opinion About Boss Gets Them Reprimanded To Keep Baking, So That’s Exactly What They Do

Manager Enforces Flawed Time Clock Rules, So Employee Uses Them To Take Extra Breaks Without Getting Caught

Homeowner Finally Gave In And Joined The HOA After Holding Out For Years, But After The HOA President Betrayed His Trust, The Homeowner Drove Him Out Of The Neighborhood

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HOA Demands a Non-Member Pay for a Sewer Line on Its Property, but He Refuses to Cover the Previous Owner’s Costs

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