Karen Boss Tries Sabotaging Employee, They Stop Doing Her Job For Her

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Eric Lund
Jan 11, 2022 12:00 PM EST

It's a tale as old as time. A completely non-functioning manager can't help but go on a power trip, and then they're surprised to find that they actually have to be accountable for themselves at work. How do people like this keep getting put in positions of power? Are they just good liars? For a real good one story of work malicious compliance, here are some employees who got the best of their unhinged CEO in a saga of malicious compliance.

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    Font - Posted by u/00964567886543334 18 hours ago O 3 O 15 e14 3 26 Sure, I'll do my job. oC L Sorry for format, I'm on mobile. My sister told me I should post this story. I'm a young person working in a backroom position at a retail store. Ive been working there for about a year now. My management when I started was excellent, and as a result I am very well trained. I never got written up, am always on time, and I consistently do things well above my paygrade. I fill in for my supervisor in the
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    Font - My managers moved on to greener pastures and their positions were filled by new management. The new management doesnt compare to the quality of the old management. Our store manager - i'll call her Karen - is the worst manager ive had the displeasure of working for. She loves workplace politics, acting snakey and micromanaging everything. When suggested solutions to problems, Karen would rather take a less effective route just to be the one in charge. When she messes up, instead of admitt
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    Font - I tried to make peace with Karen at first, but we quickly started bumping heads and our relationship is shaky at best. We're cordial with each other, but Karen wanted me to abandon 100% of my authority while still running the back, which couldnt happen because others come to me for direction a lot. We dont speak to eachother when we dont have to. Well, Karen screwed up. One day in the back, we finished with a group activity. Simply put, I had to pee, so once we were done I told my supervi
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    Font - When I walked in, Karen was immediately interrogating me on where I'd been and what I was doing. I told her I'd gone to the bathroom and she continued asking, like the answer was gonna be different. Eventually, Karen said this absolute gem to me, which she couldn't have known would change the course of our time at this company forever. Karen says: "You need to use company time more wisely, and do your job." Okay. Remember how I said I was basically the backup stock supervisor at this inst
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    Font - I stopped all of it. All the managerial stuff went right out the window. Do my job? Okay, I'll do MY job. Not your job, not her job, only mine. That's what you asked, right? Direct your own team, do your own paperwork. Train your own supervisors. 'cause I'm just a lowly wagie, right? Yep, my stockroom fell apart quickly. Suddenly the entire room was in disarray, new people weren't being trained, faulty product was put out, my new supervisor had no idea what to do other than copy me so non
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    Font - It was a MESS. And management couldnt say anything about it, because those were management's duties and not my problem. I know that Karen knew what I did, but all she could do was silently fume about it, suck it up and actually do her job. She got pissy with me after this and tried giving me less shifts, but that didn't last. Management finally got involved with the stockroom. I've never been so satisfied with myself, all because Karen couldn't accept that I had to pee. What are you gonna
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    Font - Known_Noise · 18 hr. ago · edited 17 hr. ago With all the open positions right now I'm always surprised when managers suck at keeping staff happy when they are internally motivated to do a good job. I'd like to make a poster that says, “All you have to do is be a decent human being" Good for you. Vote Reply Share Report Save Follow 00964567886543334 OP 17 hr. ago 9 I genuinely would have been happy as a clam to keep doing all that work because i enjoyed providing for my fellow coworkers a
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