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Welcome to R-slash malicious compliance, where Karen learns an important lesson. Our next Reddit

post is from Illustrious Report. I used to work IT at a

mid-sized logistics company. Our warehouse ran 24-7, but the corporate office was open Monday through

Friday at a.m. to 6 p.m. I was responsible for maintaining the internal server that handled everything

from payroll to inventory management to shipping labels. One Monday morning,

I got an email from a higher up, Karen, demanding that we take the server offline immediately

for scheduled maintenance. Now, I had scheduled that maintenance for Sunday evening,

sent out three notices, and got no objections. But Karen hadn't read those emails and was now

insisting we do it right now during her working hours.

I replied that taking the server offline during business hours would temporarily halt access to the shipping system, inventory, time tracking, and payroll.

Please confirm if you'd like me to proceed.

She replied, and I quote,

Yes, you should be working on my schedule. Get it done now. All right, malicious compliance time.

I looped in the warehouse manager and let him know the system would be down per Karen's

urgent request. Then I pulled the plug at exactly 10.30 a.m.

Within 15 minutes, the office was in chaos.

No one could clock in or out, print labels, track shipments, or even check inventory levels.

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