Welcome to our slash malicious compliance where a new manager starts working at a company and

almost makes the company go bankrupt with his terrible decisions. Our next reddit post is from

Moose Quirky. Just like most companies, my company was forced to go completely remote as a

buy product of the pandemic. It was an easy transition because we already worked predominantly online

anyway just in an office setting. We run meetings and collaborate with stakeholders countrywide.

Needless to say, we thrived during the past three years with productivity at an all-time high

and turnover rate at an all-time low. Colleagues were encouraged to take frequent breaks and told not to

worry about taking kids to school or medical appointments as long as it doesn't block work or

result in projects not being finished. We started to win industry awards for this and everyone

was extremely satisfied. You did have to go into the office if you had to collaborate with someone,

but outside of that it was pretty much left to you to decide. This was until our small tech firm

hired a new director who decided to enforce a mandatory three days in the office. Now, during the

past three years that we worked from home, most people moved out of cities and bought houses,

sent their kids to school in a new town and took on volunteering roles in their new communities.

People sold off their second cars and they took on more caring responsibilities because they

worked from home most days anyways. As you'd expect, people were extremely angry over this change.

I want to emphasize that we were more productive when working from home and they even admitted it.

There was no reason to bring us back to the office. So, as a result, our company's competitors

moved in and poached our key workers. People started to quit left and right. The people who were left

decided to maliciously comply. Our remaining offices got overwhelmed with traffic. People

couldn't find a desk to work so meetings got delayed. People refused to work past their contracted

hours or take on extra responsibilities. Our productivity plummeted and we had to result in

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