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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 25, 2025 at 7:46 am

A New Boss Told A Manager That He Had To Cut His Team’s Pay, So He Negotiated A Deal That Tricked The Boss Into Paying Them All A Much Higher Wage

John sounds like a great guy.

April 24, 2025 at 12:35 pm

A New Manager Started Changing Every Policy, So This Worker Followed The New Rules To The Letter And Got Him Fired

New boss got exactly what she deserved.

April 23, 2025 at 1:21 am

Her Boss Didn’t Want To Pay Overtime, So This Chef Left Work After Exactly 8 Hours Each Day No Matter How Busy Or Backed Up They Were

Not getting paid? Not working.

March 25, 2025 at 6:23 am

Company Got Bought Out By Another Organization, And Employee’s New Boss Was Running Things Terribly. But When She Gave Him The Option To Take A Pay Cut Or Get Fired, He Sued Them And Won.

The incomitance was impressive.

March 9, 2025 at 7:22 pm

Her New Boss Demanded That She Keep Her Informed On All Work She Was Doing, So This Quality Control Professional Started Reporting In Constantly Throughout The Day

I’m only doing what you asked boss.

March 9, 2025 at 6:49 pm

When His Boss Accused Him Of Damaging A Company Vehicle That He Hadn’t Even Used, He Started Documenting The Condition Of Every Vehicle Each Shift, Wasting Hours Of Time

His boss really has it out for him.

March 9, 2025 at 3:22 pm

New Boss Changed The Per Diem Policy, So An Employee Made Sure To Max Out Every Meal Until It Cost The Company Hundreds And Forced A Change

Source: Reddit/Malicious Compliance/Pexels/cottonbro studio

That new boss was something else.

March 9, 2025 at 12:49 am

When A New Owner Took Over The Company, He Told The Muralists They Needed To Work Faster And Even In The Rain, So They Did, Which Ruined The Murals They Painted And Lost The New Boss A Major Contract

Another business ruined by a new boss.

February 15, 2025 at 7:22 am

A Boss Came In And Thought He Knew Everything, So An Experienced Supervisor Scheduled Him A Meeting With A Troubled Employee To See How He Could Handle It

Kay sounds crazy, but entertaining.

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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.

A New Boss Told A Manager That He Had To Cut His Team’s Pay, So He Negotiated A Deal That Tricked The Boss Into Paying Them All A Much Higher Wage

A New Manager Started Changing Every Policy, So This Worker Followed The New Rules To The Letter And Got Him Fired

Her Boss Didn’t Want To Pay Overtime, So This Chef Left Work After Exactly 8 Hours Each Day No Matter How Busy Or Backed Up They Were

Company Got Bought Out By Another Organization, And Employee’s New Boss Was Running Things Terribly. But When She Gave Him The Option To Take A Pay Cut Or Get Fired, He Sued Them And Won.

Her New Boss Demanded That She Keep Her Informed On All Work She Was Doing, So This Quality Control Professional Started Reporting In Constantly Throughout The Day

When His Boss Accused Him Of Damaging A Company Vehicle That He Hadn’t Even Used, He Started Documenting The Condition Of Every Vehicle Each Shift, Wasting Hours Of Time

New Boss Changed The Per Diem Policy, So An Employee Made Sure To Max Out Every Meal Until It Cost The Company Hundreds And Forced A Change

When A New Owner Took Over The Company, He Told The Muralists They Needed To Work Faster And Even In The Rain, So They Did, Which Ruined The Murals They Painted And Lost The New Boss A Major Contract

A Boss Came In And Thought He Knew Everything, So An Experienced Supervisor Scheduled Him A Meeting With A Troubled Employee To See How He Could Handle It

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