Never understood the logic behind giving your best employee an ultimatum. The only thing that ruins a good employee faster is the bizarre favoritism of the lazy ones.
Unfortunately, employers know that the best employees will keep working while the lazy ones are the harder to retain ones, unless the opposite is true, then they panic.
Owner: take some time off OP: *tries to explain that if OP takes time off it will destroy the business* Owner: no, take some time off *it will be fine!* 4 no shows No menu 4 hours late to open *Thomas has never seen such a mess*
The one with coffee house, were the owners names Karen and Lyman by chance? They use to own a coffee shop and it went to hell due to crap piss poor management. It was awesome, then bad bad bad management put it out of business in like 3 years
The kid story sounds like something I did growing up. My mom was always angry when we ran the dishwasher not full, then I just waited until the dishwasher was full and ONLY run it then. Would wait after every meal to fill it, and even if there is ONE spot left, I wouldn’t run it.
Still getting baffled with these owners treating their workers like sh*t, when those workers are the ones who keep business intact. Pretty sure they think that it's replaceable, when it's not.
This made me crack up, as my name really is Karen and my brother’s name is Kevin. Of all the names in the universe to be singled out. We are also both visually impaired so we get to spend our lives fighting negative stereotypes. LOL
@@ExElliexE It's an American sterotype. Just like the Karen and Kevin sterotype. They aren't always actually *named* Karen/Kevin, but we still call them that because people with the name Karen became more popularly known for being what we now call Karens; Entitlement, rude behavior, asking for the manager, etc. It's just the name that stuck. So, if you were to take everything I just said and replace it with "Americans" it should make sense. (By "everything" I mean the 2nd paragraph, excluding 'named').
@@The_Dark_One784 well it’s funny but when I see that it happened, i actually kinda feel like bad for rslash? Like he is overworked so he will probably continue making mistakes like this unless he gets a break. Idk if that made sense
As a Dutch person it is always so funny to read "In our Office, people would often cycle to work and therefore need to shower and get ready at work". Meanwhile here it is extremely common to cycle to work without instantly needing a shower.
How far are they biking? I know biking to work is extremely common in the Netherlands. However, in the United States, all the people I know who bike to work usually bike 5-10 miles at least each way. In the summer, no matter how in shape you are, you are going to get sweaty doing so.
@@queenofputrescence5167 I mean, I don't think that as soon as you get a bit sweaty you instantly need a shower. And I also think that a big difference why you guys get more sweaty (even if you are fit) is because for a lot of cyclists there it is about speed. Even the "commute" bikes are build for speed and not comfort. Google how the average Dutch bike looks. There you sit upright and ride a lot slower. But to answer your question, On average Dutch commutes are shorter, but that doesn't mean we don't also have enough people cycling those distances. For example from wikipedia: "Even for distances of 16 km (9.9 mi) or over, some 8% of secondary school children cycle in each direction to school, though this is mainly in rural areas where the closest secondary schools can be a fair distance away." As for anacdotal, my father cycles about 10km to and from work each time. I have had many classmates back in the day who easily cycled over 5 miles each direction to and from school. Whether it was 30 degrees C and sunny or whether it was raining hard. They didn't take a shower first. I am not saying people shouldn't be allowed to take a shower before work, or that they are weak doing so. I just find it funny that some people see this as a must to accomodate them.
@@queenofputrescence5167 3-12 miles to work, one way no matter the weather, which also means people go trough a snow storm (last week we had a lot of snow and still people cycling). We have Summers with 86 to 104(although the last one usually just a few days)Fahrenheit (says the converser). A lot of rainy and windy days. Still we cycle to work, to school,, to the uni, for grocery shopping, everywhere. We never shower before that, like that is so rare that people look at you like you are ill. Also most work places don't have showers at all. So no matter the weather if you need sweaty fast: cycle slower, take DEO and a T shirt with you and that is how you will get through your day. (Everyone cycles here, most people just a few miles, but for work and school it is more than just a few.)
Back in my day we used to cycle 10 miles each way up hill to school and we were so much tougher for it /s I would rather people smell good then like they cycled or walked for km/miles to work. So eh let them do what they want.
Not gonna lie, as a person who had no idea dishwashers were a thing, when I first heard about internet/reddit stories of kids forgetting to turn on the dishwasher, I get so confused and ask, "T-they're supposed to turn on the dishwasher?" I always thought that when these stories refer to dishwashers, they were referring to housemaids or the servant who washes the dishes (the dishwasher).
@@Ikajo It's probably because it's not that mainstream in my country yet. It may be in more rural and in higher class neighborhoods, but I've only came across them relatively recently on the internet.
*Says "Welcome to Malicious Compliance"* *Title says Malicious Compliance* *Titlecard says Entitled People* Damn, so entitled that they're forcing themselves into other videos now.
"Workplace culture and fun" is just corporate speak for extroverts imposing their idea of "fun" on introverts. When I'm at work, just *leave me alone!*
Hahaha this is why my parents always taught me "Just wait til its full to run the dishwasher, it's a waste of water if its not a full load" We're a family of 5 so it was a fair rule.
My colleague had the same problem. But the upper management was clever. They were happy, that someone would stay for closing 20 minutes longer. So they changed his shift. They moved his shift back 20 minutes. He was happy with it and never "late".
Hey rslash! I’m an auditor, and as it’s the busy season, I work late nights, sometimes going without any sleep. Your videos keep me company during all my late nighters. Am grateful to have such an animated storyteller ease the stress of work 🤗
Welcome to r/maliciouscompliance Video: entitled people Edit: ngl I dont deserve the likes, I remember this has happened before a long time ago and someone else commented the exact same things
Isnt it amazing how much of a difference having the right tone to your voice and just being a decent human can make? Had the owner just said "hey, I'd appreciate if you came in on time" he would have avoided having to close by himself for a couple nights and not p!ss off his best employee
9:57 HA! You are wasting electricity, of course I understand your dad's side. It is such a waste of all that cold air going out the window and the hot air coming in. You need to close your window and keep the cold air in dummy 👎
Man the dishwasher parents are good in the sense that they laughed it off and admitted that the kid was doing what he was told. If I ever did that I'd get yelled at about "Are you an idiot?" "You're wasting stuff" "You know exactly what I meant" "Don't be a smartass" etc etc etc
That first story sounds like dystopian corporate propaganda. Employees were happily giving away free work hours, an HR manager (for whatever reason) made them work only the time they got paid, everyone revolts in order to go back to being overworked and underpaid. WTF.
So many malicious compliance stories reflect that line from "They Closed Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot": "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."
That snooty manager who told OP to 'think on his position' seems to think his employees are children who act out and get 'time out' punishments. Weird!
The story about the boy putting running the dishwasher with one glass reminded me of something my brother did when he was about 8. My mom asked him to put 2 slices of bread in the toaster. A few minutes later she went to the toaster and there was the bread, untoasted, in the toaster. She asked my brother why he didn't push the bread down to toast. He said, "You just asked me to put bread in, you didn't ask me to push it down." LOL
I had a manager similar to the last one. She would push people to see how much bs they'd take. One girl worked 3 other jobs and could afford to lose that job so she wouldn't take any bs. I shut down after a little bit and stopped putting in effort so she could push me a little before I cracked. This one girl though, she was a total doormat. She was so mean to the point that she would barely talk when the manager was in the store. After COVID I talked to that manager about how I loved working with her but she was a bit of a chatterbox (on days she wasn't there). My manager was so stunned that she wouldn't shut up on her days off that I said to her, "You're always way tougher on her than anyone else."
Everyone: "Work getting done on time" > "workers arrive on time" Managers: "Work getting done on time" < "workers arrive on time" Tell me which is more successfull
1st story - I can't tell if you all were working the amount of hours you were supposed to work or if you spent time working for free... either way you should get paid for your actual time. 2nd story - Good for you, getting that replacement job ASAP. 3rd story - Parents were kids once, so why don't they think a little more about what they say to their kids, and spell out expectations thoroughly rather than expecting children to just divine via ESP how to do stuff? 4th story-Creepy new owner trying to maximize his position of power. Hope he got sued for sexual harassment at some point. 5th story-Funny how the manager didn't mind you getting off schedule to help him close up, but then had to be a total shmuck about you being a little bit late to arrive in one day. Only reason to go back to doing that after his attitude is if you liked the OT pay.
Fourth story: That's what I was thinking. I'm wondering if the coffee house was a franchise or independently owned. If franchised, they can make a complaint to the district manager with an attorney present. If independently to owned, they needed an attorney.
I will never understand why managers decide to nickle & dime their best employees. Like, dude, don't screw with the one guy who's basically keeping your company afloat! XD
With the HR person who made the rule, that everyone had to be at their desks by 9am. I was thinking the same basic thought, that was mentioned afterwards. No matter if it's a new HR, Manager or Owner, they should first take some time to see how things are being run. Because it either been working good so far, so keep doing so. Or its not, then see what needs to change, for example.... New rules, how things are set up in the work place, or if there is one or more employees that is messing things up... where by they need to be retrained or fired.
Honestly this is my favourite series and it’s absolutely hilarious to watch people just go “ok, I’m gonna take what you said to the word.” And I love it
It’s really upsetting when you get so good at your job management starts thinking you aren’t doing it because they don’t have problems to solve. I dealt with it for about 6 months after having been in the position 3 years with minimal promotion. Needless to say once I walked out so did everyone else within the month. But that’s on them saying I’m replaceable. I do miss the position because of all the awesome people I’ve met, not the job responsibilities. Was my first ever job and made some friends and I’m forever grateful for that. I just wish they would have listened to the 1 person who stuck around for the long run
I’m wondering if that coffee shop story is the Starbucks near where I work-they have a massive rotating staff and none of their baristas ever seem trained. It would not surprise me in the least if this was why. 😂
First story: You see this pattern in so many businesses. Everyone is working so diligently for the company because of a positive workplace atmosphere, until corporate starts to integrate outside sources into the business who starts demanding change, even if just to make themselves appear like they're useful or doing something good. Morals goes down the drain, and the business results takes a beating because of it. Then they ask how that's possible, as if it wasn't obvious enough that their change in policy was the cause. And given the different opinions about HR, it's apparently a hit or miss regarding how they treat the workers for the companies they're hired by. Second story: That boss is the definition of flying on cloud nine while being oblivious to the chaotic business model he's running. If I were in such a manager position and was told by the boss that I was "making excuses" while giving my all just to keep his business afloat, then I'd tell him to perform the manager tasks himself and prove if he can do a better job. And if he'd given me time off as well, I'd likely hand him the keys and tell him "Good luck running your train wreck of a coffee shop" and never looked back. By the sound of that boss, he was either running some shady side business and was making enough money to make ends meet anyway, or he's just too egotistic to learn from his mistakes. Never having to deal with him again is a win either way. Third story: That's probably the most wholesome example I've seen showing when entitlement makes people act before they think, it'll come back to bite them in the butt. That's why I rarely appreciate when people are so much against even basic rational or critical thinking and wants to rush or say things that they'll regret later. Short-term decisions ain't always worth the long-term consequences, but sadly there are those who can't seem to fathom what that entails, or chooses to ignore it because they're so convinced they know better. But hey, their lives and their choices. Fourth story: Either this boss just wanted to implement some sexist Hooters clothing policy, which would be the mildest case of his moral depravity, or he was looking to do some "shady" stuff with the CCTV footage beyond whatever security reason he had them up for. Neither of those things makes him any less of a dirtbag. His "bribing" the female employees with extra shifts was merely the introduction to what kind of creep he is. Good thing that the sexual harassment got dealt with swiftly and conveniently. Fifth story: You know what they say, some people just can't appreciate what they have until they lose it. In the job industry, it's so common to be informed to not let your negative emotions get the better of you when on the clock. Sadly there's a lot of superiors who let the same negative emotions be in control when interacting with their employees, so they have to be reminded that they're equally as responsible to keep a professional attitude as the people they employ during business hours.
Short story from when I was a kid. Lower middle class family, not poor but on a budget. Would always get a little money for skating rink. After a small argument about not doing as I was told I was given a $20 and told to bring home the change. Needless to say, I brought home the change. After admission, videogames and food... was about .63 cents. He was not amused...
I just want to say thank you R Slash for all your amazing videos. These really brighten my day and I look forward to the 15-20 minutes of stories. I have watched you like everyday for a straight year, and will continue to do so. Stay safe and and healthy man!
On the first story when OP said downward trend I immediately visualized A plane (being the business with the owner inside) losing one of the wings (the wing being op) and then the plane starting to crash but instead of crashing into the ground it flies into a bottomless pit and losing all of its other wings (the employees) and then the owner plummeting into the pit (SEVERE FINANCIAL LOSS AND DEPRESSION)
I would have called the Better Business Bureau the minute that I wasn't promoted past the probation time with the stupid owners having the iffy syndrome of not giving anybody straight answers
I love how the dude wanted a manager to make the store better but doesn't let them do anything that will accomplish that. Wouldn't let them fire the incompetent people, hire anyone better or anything else needed
When you stayed up late, havent had coffee and you need something to keep your mind awake... My SaViOr. Love listening to 'em! Have a great day everyone!
That story about the slime ball owner brings back memories of a owner I worked for at a dinner. Let’s just say spending money on girls was more important than paying taxes, food supply bills, utilities and even worker’s paychecks. When he went to the nursing home and what he owed came out certain people couldn’t believe it and the rest didn’t realize how bad he had dug himself in. The real victim was his wife.
I'm in an HR Management class. How in the fuck do you go into an office culture and then change it? Like this was deadass the first thing we learned about. How you interact with another office's culture could make or break company deals, and easily turn a work environment toxic. WTF!?
Hire a manager. Sabotage every decision he makes. Shit breaks big time. Surprised pikachu. WTF is wrong with those people? How did he even get a grasp on the money to start the business?
I'm not sure how that coffee shop outfit managed to grow into a chain with ownership like that, but sooner or later the owners will run it into the ground.
If this was me, after biking in, I'd be seated at my desk at exactly 9 am, in my cycling gear, all smelly and sweaty. I'd take a shower and change at my first break at 10:30.
Seems like the owner of the coffee shop needs to be a bit more hands on. And I don't mean the sleazy coffee shop owner who had the issue with the uniforms!
My Canadian aircon/window story: My parents kept our house cold when I was a kid (68 f). One day I was in my room and I was cold so I opened the window. My mom came in and yelled at me, "do you know how much it costs to have a window open while the AC is running?" I responded, "about as much as when you have your window open in the winter?" She sleeps with her window open in the winter. She had no response.
0:25 to be fair though, if you know you’re cycling and have to shower, you should be leaving at a time that gives you enough time to cycle, shower and ready to start work at 9. It’s not a one off late thing
The last story is something I can relate to. I walk two hours to get to my place of work because I don't have a car, and sometimes that means i end up a little late (usually just a few minutes) but sometimes I can be hours late (if weather is bad, or i am getting a ride and they cancel) and I almost got fired over it once. I often would stay to help close for the extra hours though, and so I could catch a ride home. After all, if I am gonna be sitting around after work, why not help out and get paid? But after that I've just been waiting til my scheduled hours, and when it's time to clock out, I'll just head home.
Haha. He describes why his dad is mad, then says he doesn’t know why his dad was mad. It’s because you were running the AIR CONDITIONER with WINDOW OPEN! Duh. Think, man. Think!
