'I stopped putting in the maintenance requests': Worker reprimanded for going above and beyond, does less and is rewarded
It's always perplexing when your superiors demand that you do less work, stop thinking for yourself, and just mindlessly follow your contracted tasks like a mindless drone. The fact is, you're making them all look bad, and while they appreciate your efforts, if they let you carry on being exceptional, you'll put everyone else out of a job. As we've scrawled on the pages of Fail Blog a thousand times before, too many bosses and employers prioritize the ability to follow orders without thinking over aptitude, intelligence, and actual experience.
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This story is no different. This EHS professional was pressed into a challenging situation when they were criticized in their performance review for going above and beyond. They countered by demanding a clear job description that explicitly laid out their responsibilities. Once they received it, they followed those responsibilities as closely as possible, which did not include the maintenance requests that they had been previously submitting. Their strict compliance earned them a high score on their next review but as they were no longer submitting maintenance requests for the rest of the team, the overall audit average was diminished greatly.
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