r/Maliciouscompliance Obey the Dress Code? LOL OK! 

The dress code story reminded me of my grandpa. During WWII he was an airplane mechanic on an airforce base in south England. The airforce had a strict dress code where everyone had to wear a collar and tie every day. None of the mechanics paid attention to this rule because, obviously, having loose clothing (like a tie) around machinery is very dangerous. One of the officers flipped out at the mechanics for breaking dress code one afternoon and demanded that the next day EVERYONE would have to wear a collar and tie or he'd have them dishonorably discharged. My grandpa, being a somewhat rebellious man, decided to comply. They wanted him to wear a collar and tie? Fine. He told some of his buddies what he was planning to do, and they all thought it was hilarious and agreed to join in. So the next morning the mechanics reported to their hangar wearing collars and ties. ONLY collars and ties. They got in a bunch of trouble, but they had, technically, followed their orders, so no one was discharged.

You have no right to complain about the loyalty of your workers if you won't even bother to show them even a scrap of sympathy. Like OP said, loyalty works both ways.

"Loyalty works both ways" I'm going to use that

"We think of this company as a family!" "I've seen how my family runs a business together. I don't work with family."

That's the kind of chill everyone wants in that last story.

OP's manager from the second story about clock watchers makes me think of a "supervisor" I worked with at a home improvement retailer who balked at my unavailability during certain days because of college courses. She said "You need to get your priorities straight. Kids today have no job loyalty!" "Priorities? My priority is to NOT have to work in retail for the rest of my life. And why should I show loyalty to a corporation who has made it abundantly clear that they consider me expendable and act like it's a privilege to work for them instead of treating me like an actual human being? Showing loyalty to them isn't job loyalty; that's Stockholm Syndrome."

If it meant moving 4 hours away, why not set up work from home option. Chat support doesn’t require being in office. I know this took place before global issues, where the viability of working from home was really made apparent, but it’s not like it didn’t exist before that.

That last one was the best. I deleted an email sent to me by HR, that I was not supposed to get, that literally called me a idiot and other such stuff. Had I known then what I know now, I would have forwarded that email to my personal account. In fact, the HR lady came back, all in a panic, and I did not understand at the time. Oh well, live and learn.

“I read entitled parents, some families are super toxic” [NODS IN PTSD FROM TOXIC FAMILY AGGRESSIVELY]

Just because we have the same last name does not mean we are “family” 🧐😉🤣🤣

I feel the OP on the story that got docked half their day's pay should've checked with a labour lawyer, because I may be wrong, but I feel what that manager did was MASSIVELY illegal

I’ve heard the one about the guy who worked at the company and wouldn’t give them login credentials until he got his commission check. What he SHOULD have done was given them the info when the check cleared. The new owners could have been petty enough to pay the stop payment fee on that new check immediately after handing it to him, because they “don’t pay commission.”

As I'm listening to these maliciouscompliance stories I have my own. I was a 5th year plumbing Apprentice working under a toxic micromanaging boss who also was a licensed plumber. I was about to start soldering half-inch pipe. When he questioned my abilities so I handed him the torch and solder and asked him to show me how he would like me to do it. It was the ugliest solder job I had ever seen and also the only leak in the system. My journeyman came over and asked me WTF did you do I told him what we have done and we both sat there for 5 minutes laughing at the our boss was sending us to do things she wasn't even capable of accomplishing himself.

I hope that everyone is having a good Saturday!

The hairy chested dude is fantastic honestly

Regarding the undershirt segment, I expected OP to come in wearing a button-up shirt with only two buttons ... at the bottom.

Hands employee termination notice. Recipient smiles. Cue Final Fantasy boss music

Whenever someone says "in this company we're like family" I immediately think of the fact that over half of my family is in jail.

The clock watchers story is pretty much my story, except instead of a dying relative, it was being unable to work for a week due to the 2021 snowstorm. Lost an entire paycheck, and I’ll never forget being penalized for something that far out of my control. As soon as I get the chance, I’m dropping this job.

OP from the second story has more patience than me. If what happened to OP happened to me, I would have looked for another job and then once one was secured, resigned with no notice.

I'm always torn between listening to these first thing in the morning or to help me go to sleep. Good morning everyone 😊

Lol the title. My friend, A. went to work one day and her coworker was wearing a bra over her shirt. When A. addressed it and talked to her higher ups, they said it was trendy. The next day, A. walked in wearing underwear over her jeans. I love her

Commission story: I would have deposited the check and made sure it cleared before handing over the credentials. That or require a certified check/bank check.

1st story: RM: hey, so im retiring now, yes, very sad, anyways bye everyone! New RM: I'm gonna destroy this business's whole career Moral of the story: if it ain't broken don't fix it

Loved the last story. The young whipper snapper cost the company a boat load of money. Someone in HR probably forgot to pass along the memo to not let the guy go. Oh well. Transitions can be expensive.

Regarding rSlash's comment, "In this company, we're like a family," it seems to me that families like that also tend to be strongly paternalistic, with Father controlling everyone's lives.

one of my friends got dress coded (she’s 16f, i’m 17m, both juniors) for wearing a tank top where all that was showing was her shoulders and we’re getting a bunch of our friends (girls, boys, nb, etc) all to go to school monday wearing crop tops and tank tops because the dress code fuckin sucks

An old, yet often learned the hard way lesson when it comes to acquisitions: Never assume and triple check everything. Especially the outstanding contracts! Tailored contracts are landmines that can hide in a purchase and spring onto you.

I will never tire of hearing stories of bosses backpedaling after realizing their mistake.

Loved the “hairy” compliance!

The op with the hairy chest must have groomed his chest hairs the night before and before he left for work

I ROFL at the thought of some guy freaking out flipping through pages faster and faster as he mutters "the hair, that damn hair, oh god"

You know. I would be smiling too if one day while I would be busting my ass off at work and my employer out of nowhere fired me, to then realize I would basically never have to work again.

Loving that last story! Just smile and hit them where it hurts!

Man, how many times must it be said? Don't fire the guy who was keeping your company afloat! I just wanna have that voice clip of Mel Blanc on standby where he's going, "You'll be sorry!" just for situations like this. XD

The thing about family is that sometimes it’s amazing, and other times it toxic and abusive.

That last guy is the most Chad person I have ever heard about

Finally get to watch this near upload time instead of during lunch. Yay weekends!

The dress code reminds me of the story where an entire school full of boys wore kilts to school because it was too hot. (The rule was something along the lines of, you can only wear skirts in the summertime but the guys got no such help in summer for they wore all black clothes)

Dabney is my favorite redditor. I have such amazing memories of my dad reading me stories, and a collection of vintage story books from him. My dad used to do all the voices just like he does. His new daughter is so lucky to have a storytelling dad.

I wouldn't hand over the loggin credentials until the check cleared

I love stories about people who mess around with strict dress code rules. Back in middle school they brought in these stupid uniforms, with stricter rules for the girls, including requiring "sensible underwear". And me being the smart ass I am noticed that the rules were pretty strict, but never said a boy couldn't wear the girls uniform. So I asked mom to get me the girls uniform, sensible bra included, which she thought was as funny as I did, and got it. Yeah I had a lot of fun pissing off the admins that year, they changed the rules to be less strict the next school year.

All I could hear in the first one was ‘Chad support specialist’ 😂

I loved that last post and the comment that went with it. Businesses should ALWAYS be wary of not paying people properly.

Good ones, as usual, but that last one got me here (holds fist to heart). Good for him. (smh and limh) Good for him.

That last story reminds me of a rather appropriate quote: “To get people to abide by a contract, and act in accordance with the guidelines set out within, is simply to ask them to respect the concept of fairness. It is not a large request. How are there those who still do not understand such simplicity?” -Zhongli (Genshin Impact)

Our company CEO says the same thing "Company is family" or "Company is your second home since you spend so much time here". I cringe everytime this is said. My manager repeats it and I pretend I'm listening to her. If a company is family how come the profits the company makes aren't distributed to the low-level workers like us 🤔

So nobody gonna talk about how the middle left dude packin

What is with companies trying to fire older employees when new bosses come in? Wouldn’t you want people that know what there doing and have been with the company for years to hang about?

That first story sounds very familiar. A job I used to have lost their only client, yes there was another call center up north and only a few people actually moved. Yes it closed down not long after. I think this was where I worked! The events and timeline check out. In the end, the higher-ups we're supposed to have backup clients lined up and in the end, they didn't even have one. Small world

THE THIRD STORY [about the dress code] IS ABOUT FOOD LION!!! I KNOW BECAUSE I WORK THERE, TOO!!!

You dont work a second that isnt paid. I'm a new manager at a convenience store and I found out day one another new hire hadn't been paid for the last 3 weeks. I told her to go home and call the state labor board and to possibly sue the company for back wages.

I'm just gonna say that it's fine to be a rules lawyer to an extent, but complaining over a darker undershirt is stupid since I'm sure the guy was doing his job

Nothings better than listing to Rslash to start your day♡!

Dress code story. So I was the main programmer for a small website shop. As I didn't deal with the clients (designers did that) but just made whatever the client and designers came up with work, I was given an office in the back and was allowed to wear whatever I wanted - normally t-shirt and sweats/shorts. Boss hired an office manager (OM) to keep jobs on track so he could focus on other things, and he complained about my sloppy attire. Boss asked me if I would mind doing business casual. I verified with both of them that khaki-style pants and polo or button down shirts fit the definition. Yes. Asked for one more week in my normal attire because I didn't have time to go shopping. Granted. Actually that was just to wait for my new wardrobe to arrive. Monday of my being a team player, I was the last one into the meeting room for our start of the week meeting. Got a lot of compliments on my bright orange Hawaiian shirt. OM seethed. Boss just laughed - knowingly. Next day, bright red Hawaiian shirt. Wednesday, black with chili peppers. Thursday, light blue ocean waves with ukuleles. Friday, classic cars. I wore those the rest of the time I worked there, outlasting the OM. Still have them twenty years later. They're in great shape. I say the boss laughed knowingly because there was one incident where I wore a shirt with a chili pepper on it that said, "Bite Me." Boss asked me not to wear that shirt again as it was just a bit much. I said okay. Tuesday, I wore a shirt with a mosquito on it (a gift from someone who went to Wisconsin where the mosquito is their state bird). "What did I ask you yesterday?" "Not to wear the shirt I had on. This is a different one." (silently staring, gears turning) "How many Bite Me t-shirts do you have." "Five. All gifts if you can believe it." "Fine. Get it out of your system this week then no more." "Thanks, boss."

“We’re like a family.” Sooo is that like a loving, compassionate family with like empathy and understanding and stuff, or are we talking like a Mafia family?

That last one was fucking savage

story 1: i understand rSlash's point but hey it had turned in OP's favour story 2: how a qruel company is getting less money then they thought story 3: i love to get these type of stories about the dress code because they make me laugh inside story 4: how 1 unpaid check can leave a bigger dept story 5 (comment): for those who would ask i woud have said " a magisian never tells his/her secrets"

half a day paycut for 15 minutes? Pretty sure that's illegal pretty much everywhere

I didn’t figure it out until my late 20’s but to anyone just starting out - if you hear “we’re like a family here” at a job (or in other business/work/money related situation) RUN. That is a massive red flag.

The last story was so enjoyable, I listened to it twice!

Current job; My boss gives us "flexible" hours, just be there the amount of time you are contracted for. While not offering overtime. Also my boss; "No you can't leave early even if you didn't use your lunch time". (we pay our own lunch). "I expect you to be done with this today"... leaving a good hour or two's amount of work, when there is 30 min left on the clock... Many other examples could follow. Then my boss, when I am the co workers, I am put to train (whom I have since been drilling to watch their clock in time, so they don't cheat themselves) starts leaving on the dot. "Guys, production is slipping, we need to catch up, can't you work a little extra?".... Nope, we can't, we are off. Meetings is scheduled with the boss, and the owner (small business), I have been documenting when I go in, and when I leave, for the past 18 months. And while I have not calculated the exact amount of hours, I know I am at least in the "green" timewise with 70h+. Gonna be interesting how that turns out.

Who allowed the men in the thumbnail to have so much swag?

I love when i’m up early enough to catch the uploads!😭

Wow this guy really LOVES the r/Maliciouscompliance subreddit.

Had something similar, worked many hours unpaid overtime, wanted to leave early one friday to help a family member, was told no comp time, and if i left before 2pm i'd be docked half a days pay. So i worked until 2pm, and left, only to be told on the monday I was gaming the system and taking advantage of them. needless to say, I had a new job soon after.

I agree, but starting a company is a lot of work, effort and pressure. Idk if anyone could just handle the position as the big boss, no matter how tempting it is.

Hey guys. Today is my 28th birthday. Thank you rslash for helping to put a smile on my face. I just got over covid but I'm exhausted and depressed from this horrible virus.

Not everyone is cut out to be the boss of a company, unless you’re suggesting that the OP subcontract out as consultants and contractors it was hard to justify in the OP’s mind doing that job as the boss as there’s more to owning a company than just special skills

I’m going to end this man’s whole career the op in the story like in one of them I’m not sure which I haven’t watch the full video yet.

I learned that companies dont give a shit about you being loyal and putting extra effort, maybe to some individuals, but you are always replaceable

last story is great. guess the young guy wasnt taught to read during business school

If stupid dress code rules are what managers think about and focus on, its a wonder any real work gets done. Where do these people come from? Why does anyone let them out into the light? And is this what's taught in business courses in colleges and universities? I fear for the future of the human race.

Glory to the chest hair!

Comment for algorithms, love you rSlash. Have you ever thought about reading r/askscience or r/asklawyers or other technical stuff? There is some pretty great stuff.

the last story is beautiful, good for him

Daily reminder that you are loved and appreciated even if you don’t know it

I have a swim meet today and this is perfect to get me going

i would have given them fake login credentials

Why are Americans uncomfortable with body hair? I never understood that. They seem to treat body hair as if it was filth or something. As if having a normal human body was somehow dirty.

Right on time :>

Last one is just one really delicious cherry on top.

Chat story: OP may have had neither the financial resources or the managerial/business training experience to start up his own company. And the client was apparently unwilling to do so as well since they offered direct hire positions.

It has been 2 years since I’ve seen your videos I am now In love with them

dude the last 2 were boss lvl moves

How can you afford to do that? Oh you know, got fired..

OP's unbuttoned collar is what a former boss did. This creep thought he was the sexy sh*t and all the time would wear his shirts with the collar opened enough to expose a good patch of white chest hair. To say nothing of my female dept. lead...🤮🤮

7:09 If I was OP I would have colored one half of my chest hair blue and the other half white then had the chest hair poofed out and showing? I wonder if that would get him to say something or not? I know I'm an ass?

Clock watcher: I heard that some time HR payroll actually deducted salary from overtime and such into their pockets. I don’t believe that until my OT is exactly the same as my team leader but she got lesser than me which impossible because her base salary is higher than me, we confront and it a whole mess.

Dormamu, I have come to reset my password...

That didn’t happen to me but I really feel satisfied. Stupid company owners.

Great stories today can't wait for next ones

Easy to say what someone "should" do when you do not know them and have zero context. Plus, just because you went the self-employed route doesn't make it for everyone. Considering, OP and you would be entirely different self-employed types and in different industries. It's not as easy as you would make it seem. Most self-owned businesses fail to survive a decade.

Imagine what he searched up to find that picture

Love the subreddits man

Interesting, some nice malicious compliance never hurt anyone

I was listening and not watching for the first story so I thought OP was saying Chad support and not chat support so I was confused at first, until I put two and two together

Are there some stories you tell on the channel that you talk about to friends and family some times?

Unfortunately opening your own company like that requires the equipment like computers, internet etc to do. Probably couldnt afford anything like that

before i started watching rslash i sometimes saw pictures in which balconies were attached 2 meters next to the balcony contour or stairs leading into the void and i thought: how stupid can you be! now i think: malicious compliance