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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/surrenderedmale on 2025-10-09 12:35:28+00:00.
Simple and straightforward. At an old job I was once called out for not doing enough work. I wasn't shifting enough pallets of stock.
So I started working only on big easy pallets that would go out in seconds, such as bins, microwaves etc (I worked a homewares department which covers a lot of stuff, from cookware right down to soap and makeup) and completely avoided the smaller stuff that takes forever.
Of course, eventually the little stuff started piling up and eventually had a piss poor workflow because everyone was stuck doing nitty gritty stuff in busy times. Turns out putting out hundreds of little items when you're busy is disproportionately harder than 10 big things!
To add to it I was congratulated for 'completely turning things around and working plenty.'
To which I said I probably worked less hard and explained what I did.
There was a certain level of vindication upon seeing the reaction.
It wasn't fully malicious I admit because I didn't want trouble for not working when I was one of the harder workers.
Pretty satisfying situation overall