‘My company skimmed by bonus; I stopped generating revenue’: Employee's quiet quitting leads to 80% drop in revenue

Call centers often demand employees hit a certain number of calls per day, even when that isn't the actual goal of the company. In this case, OP was working at a call center for a collection agency, whose main target was to collect debts, generating revenue for the company. OP was doing really well, but sometimes they missed the daily target, and managers would dwell on their call count, instead of taking a look at the numbers OP was generating for the company.

OP found out that the company was grossly skimming his and other employees' bonuses that OP's department's client had been providing them as a reward for successfully collecting on these debts. The under-appreciation OP was receiving from his company in literally every form made him decide that enough was enough… OP began quietly quitting, and soon enough, the company was losing a lot of money as a result.

Management noticed pretty quickly, as OP's revenue dropped by a whopping 80%. But hey, at least he was hitting his daily call targets, right? Management approached OP with quite a few questions, but OP's malicious compliance was well thought out, and management couldn't quite pinpoint what was going on.

Scroll down to read what happened next. For more, here is an employee who got their boss fired during a disciplinary hearing that was actually designated for the employee himself.

'Now you wait ten minutes': Guy gets cut off by smug driver, cue petty revenge

There's drama going down at the Wawa air pumps (and if you live in New Jersey, it's just another day). This driver shared their story of their run-in with an utterly infuriating woman who felt entitled to skip waiting in line. 

U/turtlesh0es wrote to r/pettyrevenge with an excellent tale from the air pumps at a store nearby. They went to fill up their tires — although the OP had an air compressor, they didn't want to wait for the slow machine, and chose to go to the gas station instead. While at the Wawa, two other drivers pull in beside the OP, leading to the wild story below. 

After you scroll through this dude's perfect revenge, read the commenters who were absolutely loving this story. Next, check out these snobby folks who think the world revolves around them. 

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'Overstay your welcome?': Roommate's boyfriend keeps hogging the bathroom in the morning, cue petty revenge

We have all had to deal with having to deal with a roommate's significant other. Sometimes, he's totally fine and there are very few complaints. Sometimes, he takes constructive criticism and makes sure to stay out of everyone's way and to avoid becoming an inconvenience. And other times, he is none of those things.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/Fickle_Fennel_, who decided that it was time to rebel. Apparently, her roommate has to frequently get up early for work at 5 am. On those days, the Worst Boyfriend Ever proceeds to get up leisurely at around 8 or 9 am before taking a long hot shower that uses up all the hot water and forces the other roommates, who actually pay rent, to be late for work. Well, it was time to see if turning off the hot water for this guy will wake him up to his ridiculous behavior. We'll keep you posted if there's an update on his response!

 

For more stories like this, here's one about a girlfriend's petty revenge gone wrong.

'My boss could barely look at me': Boss begs worker to stay and train supervisor just before their final day after they fail to replicate their work

It's often said that you'll only be truly appreciated for your work long after you've left the job; this is owing to what little visibility upper management has into your work or what little understanding they have about what it is that you actually do. Unfortunately, rather than being missed or celebrated, it's more likely that you'll be blamed for things that had nothing to do with your role (or even happened after you left.) In most workplaces, your boss will be shaking their head and muttering about something you failed to do or how you left them hanging, with no continuity—no matter how much effort you put into the handoff.

The ironic thing is, as most of these stories go, all the employer had to do was put a little bit of thought and consideration into the employee's reasonable request for a raise. Inflation and cost of living are rising, and things are getting tough out here; it stands to reason that the cost of labor should increase too.

Keep reading to see this thread, which was shared on Reddit''s r/antiwork workplace subreddit community. The worker shared how their boss asked them to stay on and train their supervisor, who was struggling to grasp and take on their tasks. Next, check out

'I got sent home early': Boss complains about overtime after forcing employees to skip their unpaid lunch break

Some people want to have their cake and eat it too. But it's really not so much about the cake itself as it is the control over that cake; they want the cake to submit to their authority and stop questioning it all the darn time. The thing is, this cake-haver probably isn't qualified to tell the cake what to do, which is why they're so darn insecure in the first place… I don't really know where this is going or what this metaphor is supposed to mean, but people aren't cake—and you shouldn't try and eat your employees.

Digressing back to the subject at hand… Sometimes your boss just wants a reason to complain and someone to blame—because even the laziest and worst managers have to look like they're doing something to justify their paycheck. When this boss demanded that their subordinate shorten their unpaid lunch breaks, they didn't even pause to consider the consequences. Their subordinates had been taking these longer breaks as a favor to the company in order to cut down on unnecessary overtime. This rule change left the workers with but one option… Charge the time instead, which they were happily obliged to do. 

Next, check out this company that forbade workers to use their phones while on the job… and paid the price.
 

'My director [...] is going absolutely nuts': Engineer transitions out of the company, boss finally discovers how doomed they are

"You don't know what you've got till it's gone!" Except in this case, we're not talking about a parking lot. We're talking about this Redditor, who worked as an engineer for several years before putting in his three months' notice. Yes, that's right. Three Entire Months. That, of course, is more than generous.

 

The worst part of this story is that during OP's final week on the job, he got conflicting directions from his supervisors (who wanted him to leave a detailed document outlining how he did his job for his future replacement) and his boss's boss (who kept throwing new tasks in his direction). Clearly, the higher-ups at the company are only just now gaining an understanding of how valuable OP always was to the company. Well, guess what?! As JoJo would say, it's just a little too late!

 

For more stories like this, check out this post about some neighborly revenge on a Karen and Kevin.