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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/FrankCobretti on 2025-08-30 20:19:33+00:00.
I work for an airline. Its policy is that it’ll pay for parking at one airport of the employee’s choice, so the employee can commute to work. My nearest airport is usually convenient, but sometimes it’s easier to make the long drive to my base airport when I have a trip that makes air commuting difficult. My company owns a parking lot at my base airport, so they don’t pay for individual parking privileges there.
I wrote an email explaining my situation, and asking for parking privileges at both my base airport and the airport nearest me. This would have resulted in my company paying less, per month, for my parking than if I were to park solely at the airport nearest my home. The response came back with a simple, “No. Your contract states that you can park at one location. Period.”
Fast forward a couple of years. My company signs a letter of understanding (regarding a scheduling issue) with my union. When I attempt to exercise the rights granted in this letter, my manager calls and tells me, “Corporate says we aren’t following that any more.”
Well, if the company isn’t willing to work with me on parking, I’m not willing to work with it on this letter. I demand that they follow the contract, including the letter of understanding. When they refuse, I file a grievance with my union. This results in the company having to pay thousands and thousands of dollars to other employees on whom it had pulled its shenanigans: employees who weren’t annoyed enough to file a grievance.
If they want me to strictly follow the contract, I’m going to make sure they do, too.