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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Any_Caterpillar720 on 2025-05-28 21:00:34+00:00.
Not fired or anything, but how did you guys get these happy endings where your supervisors or managers backed off lol
I work for a start up lab. We are a relatively small operation and usually do contracts with big pharmas and a nearby university. Of course our clients and the FDA come by once in a while to audit our lab spaces, but we’re not and usually don’t do GMP.
When you hear GMP labs, think documentation, like a wholeeeeeeeee lot of documentation.
Which brings me to my new boss. He worked for a nearby pharma company, and his company does GMP. As a result, he HATES the way we document our experiments here. It’s puzzling, because one of our clients was his former employer, and they are always ok with it.
One day, he dug up a lab notebook of an experiment I performed like 18 months ago, and used it as an example of how to NOT document things. It made me very upset and honestly depressed for a couple of days, so I strived to make him regret doing that.
I went out of my way to document unecessary details and observations. I turned what was normally a 5 page experiment to 16-17 pages on average. He’s our boss now, that means he has to check our documentation before we send it to our clients.
I’ve basically turned what was a 30 min review into a 2 hr review. Given that he has to personally check every single website to see if I had the correct CofA, lot number, equipment IDs, etc. Even my former supervisor thought that I was being childish and petty.
I started seeing him staying late and reviewing my work as I walk out of the building with malicious glee. And it stayed this way for a couple of weeks before he called me in yesterday and told me that he notices me “taking the necessary steps to improve the quality” of my work and that he’s “proud” of me.
Like broooooo what do I even do lol, it’s actually a massive pain in the ass to do this, should I keep this up?