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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request.

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/StatisticianRare7393 on 2025-06-09 09:07:26+00:00.


My boss recently mandated that all internal communication had to be public in our team Slack channel for “transparency.” No DMs, no side convos. Just the main channel.

Fine.

So when I needed to remind him for the third time that he was holding up the product launch because he hadn’t approved the ad copy, I tagged him publicly:

“@Boss Just checking in on ad copy approval, blocking final handoff. Third follow-up :)”

When he didn’t respond, I posted again later that day:

“Following up here. Client is getting frustrated. Still waiting on you!”

Other team members chimed in saying they were also waiting on him for other tasks. Within a day, the channel turned into a full audit trail of his dropped balls.

Next week? Quiet policy change: “Please DM me directly for approvals.”

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