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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/ThighHighHex on 2025-07-18 08:00:11+00:00.
I’ve kind of always been the “quiet fixer” at work. I don’t have an official title for it, but whenever something’s off, missing info, wrong numbers, miscommunicatio, I usually catch it and quietly fix it before things get worse. I never made a big deal out of it, just wanted things to run smoothly.
A few weeks ago, my boss pulled me aside and basically told me to stop. He said I was “overstepping” and needed to just focus on my own responsibilities. I was confused but fine, I took the hint.
So I did exactly what he asked. I stopped proofreading other people’s reports. I didn’t follow up on tasks that weren’t mine. I didn’t flag obvious mistakes or offer suggestions when something didn’t feel right. I just did my work.
Within a week, it was chaos. A client email got sent out with the wrong pricing. A report went to leadership with huge gaps. Deadlines got missed because no one realized someone else hadn’t followed through. People were pointing fingers, scrambling, trying to fix messes at the last second.
Then the big one hit, we lost a client because of a presentation that went out with outdated info. My boss was livid and started asking why nobody caught it. I just said, “You told me to stay in my lane.”
He didn’t have much to say after that.
Now he suddenly wants my “eyes on everything again.” Funny how that works.