'I received a decrease in my pay': Employee gets pay docked for grammar mistakes, gets revenge on boss

Getting your pay docked because you didn't talk good?! Cue malicious compliance!

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Nancamp, who opened up about an experience they had editing English lesson plans for a company comprised mostly of non-native speakers. The Redditor and their boss also had differences of opinion because the boss followed UK English. This is clearly a case of bad management and unclear rules. If the Redditor knew it was part of their job description to call out other coworkers on their mistakes or their pay would be reduced, things obviously would have turned out differently. Instead, they just received a paycheck with a note after the fact. What followed was some gloriously petty revenge, as the original poster started calling out mistakes on lesson plans as instructed. Whose mistakes did they just so happen to discover? Isn't it obvious? Their boss's errors!

 

Keep scrolling below for the full play-by-play. For more, check out this post about a group of technicians' very own malicious compliance.

'My supervillain origin story.': Server receives a note instead of a tip from customer, sparks outrage in online server community

The service industry offers its workers a myriad of shitty experiences: Terrible customers, terrible employers, terrible coworkers, and an (often) unpredictable income that relies upon strangers' ethics and understanding of their social obligations.

Freelance worker discovers his former company still uses the work he owns, gets sweet revenge by deleting the folder

You don't know what you've got till it's gone! This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/This_Manner_256, who shared that after advocating for a pay raise and not only getting denied but also getting fired, this freelance video editor took advantage of the opportunity to get some sweet, sweet revenge.

 

This story will resonate with anyone who knows what it's like to be rejected by a boss or company while knowing full well that they will be relying on your work way more than they'd like to admit. You can't help but root for the original poster when they pulled the rug out from under their former employers. It's antiwork at its finest! The Redditor included an update in the comments section, explaining just how they knew they could get away with this without violating anything in their contract. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best comments. For more, take a look at this story about an employee whose promotion was completely false advertising. 

'Expenses [...] were more than they were for the previous 12 months combined': Company takes away company cars in an attempt to save money, malicious compliance ensues

Sometimes, you get so fixated on one little detail that you miss the bigger picture entirely. That tunnel vision can result in horrific errors in judgment in professional organizations that snowball and cost companies thousands, if not millions, of dollars. 

You, a new manager (or finance person), are looking to implement some unnecessary changes in order to fuel your insecure ego (under the guise of saving the company money) and think that taking away your project engineer's company vehicles will achieve your ends. There's no way that this could go terribly wrong… right? 

Well, project engineers have a reputation for being an organized, methodical bunch. If any group is going to be able to orchestrate concerted malicious compliance, it's going to be them. When their new manager thought they could take away company vehicles in order to cut costs, they could immediately see the way that they could cost the company far more.

Keep reading for this tale of malicious compliance. For more workplace MC, check out these workers that banded together to get rid of an oppressive "smiling policy." 

 

'Please excuse me while I go destroy your lunch': Insane workplace 'game' turns into no-holds-barred lunch war

Fasten your seatbelts and prepare to read one of the most incredible workplace stories ever written on Twitter. This person, who goes by @tombrodude, shared a tale for the ages of a "prank" he and his coworkers used to pull on each other. Basically, they waged war against microwave meals. But unless you're reheating, like, tuna casserole, why would you have such disdain for microwaved food? Clearly, this man waged a full-scale attack on his coworkers…and you'll have to read the rest for yourself to find out what the internet is cracking up about. 

Then, click over here, where we've assembled a list of the most chronically online Twitter users of the year.