Nate
There’s nothing quite like a workplace decision so bad that it unites the entire crew in silent protest. No meeting. No text thread. Just good old-fashioned petty vengeance.
Corporate wanted to “trim the fat,” so they shaved 30 paid minutes off the schedule, because who needs time to properly switch shifts or communicate when heavy machinery is involved?
What followed was a beautiful act of malicious compliance. The machines stopped, production plummeted, and management got exactly what they asked for… and less.
Keep scrolling for the whole saga, told entirely in r/MaliciousCompliance on Reddit, where petty meets productivity.
1. How the factory shift handoff was supposed to work
2. A half-hour that made everything run smoother
3. Enter: the bean counter with big ideas
4. Spoiler: the new plan immediately backfires
5. Cue the malicious compliance
6. No communication = no production
7. “I don’t work for free.”
8. Everyone else catches on
9. The fallout hits production fast
10. The rebellion works. Management backs down
11. Wait, was this injection molding?
12. Clarification from OP: Nope, punch presses
13. Well, that escalated
14. Plot twist: Arkansas edition
15. Corporate innovation strikes again
16. Another shift, same mess
17. Safety rules actually working in your favor?
18. One person refused, and everything changed
19. Respect the bean counter revolution
20. More handover, fewer disasters
