'I want the paperwork! Yes, all of it!': Employee maliciously complies with new colleague's request, promptly receives 1,500 pages of documents when she only needed 3

Whatever happened to being careful what you wish for? Sure, it's important for new employees to be thorough and to be sure that they have everything they need in order to properly complete their tasks and responsibilities. That being said, if a more seasoned colleague gives you advice that might make your job easier, you should consider taking them up on their offer.

In this instance, we have a new colleague at a bank who really only needed three pages of paperwork from this author, who routinely sent over documentation and knew exactly what was necessary and what was not. However, the new colleague refused to listen to the author and demanded that they follow the document distribution matrix to the letter (or rather, to the digit). Well, let's just say that this backfired for the colleague very quickly. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the malicious compliance that definitely made this colleague regret their request…

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