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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/thefarzin on 2025-03-24 03:00:16+00:00.
working in IT, me and my friend had a decent gig. nothing crazy, just coding, fixing bugs, the usual. our manager? let’s call her karen. she had her rules, sure, but nothing too wild. until one day, she dropped the “new policy.”
“no more working on multiple tasks at once,” she said. “focus on one thing at a time, complete it, then move on.”
on paper? made sense. less context switching, more efficiency. in reality? absolute nightmare.
we tried to explain. “hey, sometimes we need to switch while waiting on approvals or testing.” she shut us down. “no, stick to the task. no exceptions.”
okay then.
a week in, tickets piled up. we were stuck waiting on feedback with nothing to do. customers got mad. deadlines slipped. we tried again, “look, this isn’t working—”
“you’re just not adapting,” she snapped.
so we adapted. by doing exactly what she wanted. no multitasking. if we hit a block, we sat there. no side tasks, no quick fixes. just… waiting.
then the backlog exploded. managers higher up noticed. clients complained.
one day, karen got called into a meeting. she came back looking… different. next morning? email from HR.
she was out.
new manager came in, first thing he said?
“hey, so you guys work how you used to, yeah?”
yeah. we do.