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Malicious Compliance

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/ImpressiveSentence26 on 2025-07-12 12:59:50+00:00.


I worked for a large property management company many years ago. The property manager was a terrible person. He was cruel to residents (low income housing) and "ruled" through fear and intimidation. He'd get in his employees faces, swear at them and generally try to get people to quit so he could fill positions with friends/minions.

He was doing everything in his power to get me to quit. I hated going to work every day. But, this was during the recession. I had a baby at home, so quitting was not an option.

At one point, he told me I had to keep a detailed log of everything I did, all day long, broken down every 15 minutes. I knew he didn't think I would do this. I also knew he'd likely wait months before asking for the documentation. I also knew that he assumed that he could fire me for insubordination if it was not done to his specifications.

I was correct, he waited about 3 months and randomly asked me for the documentation. I told him to give me a minute and I'd print it out.

When I returned with the full log, he and the assistant manager, (who was in cahoots with him), just stared at it with dumbfounded and defeated looks on their faces.

A couple of weeks later, I left that property and moved to another job within the company.

A few months after that, he and the assistant manager got caught for fraud and stealing money.

Payback's a bitch, I guess. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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