Employee Scolded For Missing Quota One Time Despite Years Of Overachieving, Decides To Do Bare Minimum Instead

Sometimes workplaces go out of their way to fix things that weren’t broken in the first place.

One employee (u/Scary_Expert1929) learned that lesson the hard way after being “punished” for falling short of expectations by exactly one case — after two years of consistently going above and beyond.

Instead of taking it personally, they decided to adjust their approach in the most literal way possible: by meeting the bare minimum and nothing more.

What followed was a quiet but satisfying shift in the office dynamic, with management scrambling to figure out why one of their best workers had seemingly slowed down overnight.

It’s a story about misplaced priorities, questionable leadership, and the low-key power of doing exactly what’s asked — no more, no less.

Scroll through to see how it all played out, and why sometimes meeting expectations to the letter is the best move you can make.