Sometimes managers and business owners manage to convince themselves completely that everyone is out to get them. They're certain that their "lazy" workers are looking for every possible option to screw them over by slacking off on the job. Sure, there might be some workers like that out there. But from what I've seen in the workforce, they're completely outnumbered by those who are going above and beyond. Why jeopardize those workers' morale just so you can control the one bad egg? Why cut off your nose to spite your face?
In this story, shared by Redditor u/jed292 to the r/maliciouscompliance subreddit, they report experiencing exactly this. Their manager was so sure that they were slacking off and taking too much time on their breaks… but they had actually been spending their breaks—or skipping them, rather—repairing machines to keep them on time and on schedule.
Check out the original thread here that emerged around the story or check out some screen grabs below.
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