Malicious Compliance

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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/iLiveForTruth on 2025-10-15 14:51:36+00:00.

My manager pulled me aside and said I was "making the rest of the team look bad" by consistently finishing my tasks early and helping others. He literally said, "Just do your job and stop working so hard."

So I did. I stopped answering questions, stopped offering help, and took the full, allotted time for every single task, even if it only took me five minutes. Team productivity plummeted. My next performance review suddenly had notes about "lack of initiative" and "poor teamwork."