'If you’re going to talk a big game... be sure you can play it': Assembly line worker insists he can do the job of two workers, coworker calls his bluff

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    'The manager informed him that he would be working at the station by himself, and that he I could not let their numbers drop.'
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    Better be able to do what you say Not to me, but my brother was the one to enact this revenge. He works on the assembly line of a well know company. Soon learns that a lot of employees were either transferred or quit from this position over the year: he would soon learn is was because of a fellow worker
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    stationed with him. Lets call him Richard. Richard has been working in this position for over 20 years. Was (apparently) a high school dropout and this was the only work he managed to find. As the years went on people who worked with Richard seems to get promoted to more difficult tasks that required further education in the field, and it seemed Richard was not liking
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    that at all. Richard began making life difficult for those who had to work at the same station as him: even going to far at to take credit for their work and shifting the blame of his faulty products to them since he had been there for so many years and "knows what [he] is doing". Then along comes my brother. He had a basic grasp of what the job entailed having done the basic stuff in high school. It took him a little while but eventually he
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    worked his way to be on the same position as Richard and was soon producing the same output and quality as Richard. Naturally Richard began to take credit for more and more of my brothers work. HR eventually got to involved after a complication between the two when numbers presented indicated that my brother had faults in almost all of his work, and that Richard had somehow managed to produce much more than the employee
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    average. Going on stating "I can do the work of two of us, and produce a quality product. [my brother] should not be here and save you all a lot of money". Naturally my brother was frustrated. Cameras could not prove that either were at fault for producing faulty products. Brother got a verbal warning and both left. My brother went and spoke to the site manager about this issue. Big surprise to those
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    who were not I. The know: but they were good friend through school. They both talked and the revenge was soon planned. After the manager went to HR and checked statements made from Richard, they impacted the revenge. Being near the Christmas break, orders were low so if faulty products were made they could easily be remade and not affect the schedule: perfect time to act.
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    My brother had time off built up with the company, so he used it. The site manager then went up to Richard, informing him that my brother will no longer be working with him. Richards slight smile apparently turned to a look of discuss when the manager informed him that he would be working at the station by himself and that he could not let their required numbers drop. That did not sit well with Richard, and they both went to HR.
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    Richard was yelling that it was unfair and unprofessional that he had to work alone and yet had to do so much work. Then the manager brought out a file: containing various statement about how he was good as his job and how effective he was. Apparently the managers response was "you said you could do it, and if it does save us money then would you not think you would get some financial benefit out of it too?". Richard
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    took that bait of extra income and left in a huff. Needless to say, over the next 2 days the numbers were not met, even with the majority of products were deemed faulty and could not be used. This time the manager called a meeting with higher ups, HR and Richard. Richard tried to defend his actions, but with all his statements and the recent evidence of his skill level he was let go.
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    Brother came back to work: new guy replacing Richard, and eventually the quantity and quality of products were back to the required levels. Like the manager hair said: Richard would not have to work with him anymore. If you're going to talk a big game Richard, be sure you can play it.
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    FixsterFoxster Oh wow- Good that your brother and his friend managed to get Richard caught in his lies! Hope he doesn't encounter a guy like that again, though.
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    Von_Moistus Richard: I can do the work of two! Manager: Ok, here's the work of two. Richard: (surprised Pikachu)
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    Deranged_Papaya I can only imagine what Richard felt like when he realized he'd be working alone Imao
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    [deleted] Very well played. Way to use his words against him.
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    DoctorTennant Great story! This would also do great on r/MaliciousCompliance!
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    Linares67 That was very lucky, your brother was fired if he didn't have his friend setting the trap and supporting him.
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    insert-cool-name... "Hey let me just blame every single one of my partners for my faults and claim that I can do the work of two people. It totally won't come to bite me in the when management finds out."- Guy who was fired

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