malicious compliance Archives

September 4, 2024 at 6:22 am

Town Officials Wouldn’t Let Them Restore Two Old Houses. They Read The Fine Print And Decided To Demolish Them And Build Again Instead.

It always pays to read the fine print…

September 3, 2024 at 5:51 pm

A Strict Security Policy Backfires When An Important Visitor Is Turned Away, So The Manager Learns A Lesson In Flexibility And Changes The Rules

Source: Getty/fatihhoca, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

Rigidity isn’t always the best policy.

September 2, 2024 at 1:24 pm

Annoying Boss Asked A Payroll Accountant To Cover For The Receptionist, So Did As He Was Told And Left Salary Information Unattended On Purpose For Snooping Eyes To See

Source: Reddit/Malicious Compliance/Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio

Yeah, this guy is lucky he didn’t get fired.

September 2, 2024 at 10:22 am

He Was Doing The Work Of Multiple Roles And The Owner Didn’t Care About Safety Concerns, So He And Other Staff Resigned In Protest

Your wish is no longer my command.

September 2, 2024 at 9:13 am

Electronics Store Customers Would Always Seek The “Employee Discount” From Them, So An Employee Applied It To Their Total And Make Them Understand How Pointless It Was To Ask

That’s quite a perk.

September 2, 2024 at 8:45 am

He Quit His Amazon Warehouse Job So He Wouldn’t Be Terminated, But He Find A Loophole To Get Rehired And Earn A $3,000 Bonus

It pays to be clever.

September 2, 2024 at 8:18 am

Manager Changed The Lateness Policy To Be Less Lenient, So An Employee Followed It To The Letter And Ended Up Helping Less

What was their boss thinking?

September 2, 2024 at 7:28 am

A Staff Member Kept Gaming The System To Get Unearned Overtime Pay, So Her Boss Found Out And Required Her To Stay Late To Make Up For It

I hope she had a hearty breakfast.

September 2, 2024 at 5:51 am

Mom Was Concerned About Being Startled And Told Her Child to Announce Their Presence, So They Turn On The Humor And Give Her Daily Musical Performances

Source: Getty/Stock_colors, Reddit/Malicious Compliance

Surely that wasn’t exactly what their mother had in mind.

September 2, 2024 at 5:22 am

Boy Obeys His Parents’ Orders To Stay In The Car, But His Desperate Solution To A Bathroom Emergency Leaves Everyone Plugging Their Noses

Source: Getty/ozgurdonmaz, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

When you have to go, you have to go.

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Town Officials Wouldn’t Let Them Restore Two Old Houses. They Read The Fine Print And Decided To Demolish Them And Build Again Instead.

A Strict Security Policy Backfires When An Important Visitor Is Turned Away, So The Manager Learns A Lesson In Flexibility And Changes The Rules

Annoying Boss Asked A Payroll Accountant To Cover For The Receptionist, So Did As He Was Told And Left Salary Information Unattended On Purpose For Snooping Eyes To See

He Was Doing The Work Of Multiple Roles And The Owner Didn’t Care About Safety Concerns, So He And Other Staff Resigned In Protest

Electronics Store Customers Would Always Seek The “Employee Discount” From Them, So An Employee Applied It To Their Total And Make Them Understand How Pointless It Was To Ask

He Quit His Amazon Warehouse Job So He Wouldn’t Be Terminated, But He Find A Loophole To Get Rehired And Earn A $3,000 Bonus

Manager Changed The Lateness Policy To Be Less Lenient, So An Employee Followed It To The Letter And Ended Up Helping Less

A Staff Member Kept Gaming The System To Get Unearned Overtime Pay, So Her Boss Found Out And Required Her To Stay Late To Make Up For It

Mom Was Concerned About Being Startled And Told Her Child to Announce Their Presence, So They Turn On The Humor And Give Her Daily Musical Performances

Boy Obeys His Parents’ Orders To Stay In The Car, But His Desperate Solution To A Bathroom Emergency Leaves Everyone Plugging Their Noses

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Man Told His Intern To Stop Apologizing In Her Daily Texts, But Fired Her When She Wouldn’t And Now He’s Facing Backlash

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Employee Was Told To Be Reachable Outside Work Without Extra Pay, So He Cut Off Customers’ Direct Access To Him

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She Left Her Shopping Cart Unattended For Almost An Hour, Then Got Upset When The Employee Assumed It Was Abandoned And Restocked Everything