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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/C-romero80 on 2025-05-04 16:50:54+00:00.
This is actually my dad's story but he's since passed away. I was thinking about it the other day and figured I'd share. Not sure it's truly malicious, but here it is.
Dad did plumbing, heating and air for decades. It reached a point his shoulders bothered him if he worked above his head so he just didn't take plumbing calls and got help with the bigger calls he took, if needed. He was good at his job, made himself and the company decent money. Everyone is happy, even micromanaging manager. Micromanaging manager leaves and new manager still thinks all is good so no worries. Dad just thinks it's the aches and pains of aging so just goes about life.
Micromanaging manager returns and the malicious compliance begins. He tells dad that if he won't take certain types of calls he needs a list of restrictions. This is normal for making sure accommodations and needs are met, so dad says ok, cool, that's fair and goes to the doc and lets them know what's going on. He's annoyed because it was working as it was for quite a long time. Doc says "oh, this isn't just aging, it's repetitive motion" oh that repetitive motion, from the job so guess what, now workers comp claim and pops doesn't have to take those calls.
Dad ended up retired and living happily not long after that, until he passed.
TLDR: dad wanted to just work and do the calls he could, manager wanted restrictions to accommodate, ended up with a whole workers comp claim.