Employee Maliciously Complies With Clueless Boss, Costs Company 220k

Worker Maliciously Complies By Signing Off On New Boss’s Dumb Request, Costing The Company Over $200k

Micromanaging is, sadly, what most managers consider managing. And, though “micro” in practice, sometimes it costs companies big.

A recent thread was posted in Reddit’s r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, telling the tale of how one supervisor’s meddling with a bulk mail stamp on a catalog, cost the company over $200k.

Now, for those of you born after 1990, “catalogs” were basically internet stores, but instead of being on the internet, they came in 500-page volumes to your house, killing hundreds of trees along the way.

Naturally, mailing these catalogs was costly for retailers, and that’s where our story begins:

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Micromanaging is, sadly, what most managers consider managing. And, though "micro" in practice, sometimes it costs companies big. A recent thread was posted in Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, telling the tale of how one supervisor's meddling with a bulk mail stamp on a catalog, cost the company over $200k. Now, for those of you born after 1990, "catalogs" were basically internet stores, but instead of being on the internet, they came in 500-page volumes to your house, killing hundreds of trees along the way. Naturally, mailing these catalogs was costly for retailers, and that's where our story begins:
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Read also: Fed Up Worker Maliciously Complies After Boss Scolds Them For Leaving 10 Mins Early

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