malicious compliance

Mom forbids 13-year-old daughter from touching anything in the kitchen unless she cleans her baking mess, leading daughter to stop doing chores: ‘Fine, I won't touch anything’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Regional manager demands retail workers don't clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: 'We didn't finish until 9:30 every night'

Ally Perry

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Manager demands 17-year-old fast food worker find shift replacement the night before final exam, finds themselves working with deadbeat brother: 'My boss went ballistic'

Ally Perry

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Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: 'I'm just a call center employee. I don't code'

Ally Perry

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Employee works 75 hour weeks with unpaid overtime, boss complains about them being inefficient: 'Without me overextending myself, the problems quickly grew'

Ally Perry

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Supervisor insists employee is flouting casual work dress code, he gets him demoted by turning up to the office in a suit: 'I look really sharp in it'

Ally Perry

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Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: 'Things went south quicker than I could have imagined'

Ally Perry

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Boss demotes managerial employee for taking 2 months of sick leave, faces consequences of rash decision making: 'I told my former staff to direct ALL questions to my boss'

Ally Perry

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Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: 'I realized that I was too expensive for him'

Ally Perry

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'Someone came into the store and ordered 47 double quarter pounders': Fast food manager demands employees don't leave breakroom during breaks, faces consequences of their compliance

Ally Perry

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Company forces security guard to wear full uniform in a heat wave, faces consequences of his compliance: 'On a good day, it was 140°+ in the box'

Ally Perry

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'I asked her to pull out the company handbook and read the definition of business attire': Manager faces retaliation after insisting that employees have to wear business attire on Fridays when all other departments wear jeans

Ally Perry

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Customer berates 19-year-old retail worker for processing lottery ticket too slowly, she retaliates by hiding his favorite discounts: 'He was nasty to everyone working there'

Ally Perry

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Entitled company makes employees bring own food to worker appreciation potluck, employee retaliates by taking unauthorized leave to cook: 'I was going to leave 3 hours early'

Ally Perry

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Mom convinced son is unemployed because he works remotely while taking care of her, she forces him to send out resumes, resulting in him taking a job abroad: ‘I'm excited to get out of this family’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Demanding professor insists student presentations stick to schedule then allows frequent overrunning, faces schooling from student determined to make the grade : 'We're sure we have this down to 30 minutes'

Ally Perry

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