Temp Worker Maliciously Complies With “No Work From Home” Policy, Boss Regrets It

There’s nothing like a workplace rule that makes zero sense until it blows up in management’s face. This temp worker just wanted to finish late-night reports from home after grueling computer upgrades, but the boss insisted, “No work from home.” Fine.

Cut to 3 am, five hours of sleep, and a phone call from the day team that went unanswered because hey, rules are rules. The best part? That one act of malicious compliance solved the problem better than any policy ever could.

1. The life of a temp tech: long hours, late nights, and zero benefits.

2. Writing reports was easy…unless everything went wrong.

3. The simple request: let me finish the reports from home.

4. Management’s response? “Temps aren’t allowed to work from home.”

5. Of course, a finicky faculty member had issues the very next day.

6. After a 3am shift, the 8am phone call didn’t stand a chance.

7. Cue the semi-angry emails with a vague “teamwork” vibe.

8. The boss: “You put the day team in a bad spot.”

9. The perfect clapback: “But I wasn’t allowed to work from home…”

10. And just like that, the phone calls stopped for good.

11. “They won’t pay you to work from home, but they expect you on call 24/7.”