'I got a disciplinary hearing; he got fired': New manager made redundant following absurd orders he gave employee

Eleonora Bader

Apr 17, 2023 1:00 PM EDT

New managers tend to make the same, common mistake of entering a workplace and attempting to prove themselves by 'bettering the environment', usually by changing policies that actually work. What then follows is a string of mistakes that either cost the company good employees, a lot of money, or the 'environment'. In this case, a small AV company that dealt with thousands of NEC displays a year hired a new general manager who had absolutely no idea what he was doing, per usual.

The employee in question didn't have just one job; he had many. You know when you're really good at your job, you get rewarded with more work? Sucks, but it's the truth. This employee, who we'll call OP, received a clueless email from Martin, the manager, who told him that his top priority should be to cut the polystyrene into small squares to save space in the bins.

OP explained that if he were to do that (useless) task, then he wouldn't be able to do all the other things he was assigned, such as warehouse management, PC configuration/IT support, and working in accounts with purchasing/ordering. Martin was adamant that 'he knew best', so OP decided malicious compliance was going to be his personal knight on a white horse.

Scroll down to read the full detailed account of malicious compliance for yourself. For more stories like this one, here is a tyrannical boss who told his employee to 'print out the internet', which was sort of possible 30 years ago. In any case, the employee maliciously complied, leading to 2 feet stacks of paper that he stuffed into his boss's office, on purpose.

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