Employee Shares How They Landed A New Job Immediately After Greedy Boss Said To "Quit If You Don't Like It"

"If I can’t trust you for a quarter why would I believe the dollar?"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• April 16, 2023

We've all heard the narrative countless times: workers are underpaid and asked to work additional hours. It is unfortunate that there are more and more of these articles being published every day.

People are essentially having their money stolen from them. We have a similar story for you today, but this time the staff decided to add some malice to the proceedings in order to teach their awful boss a very good lesson.

On the subreddit forum "Malicious Compliance," a Reddit member u/Xgrunt24 reported that his supervisor had not been paying him enough for the work he was forcing him to perform. And on top of that, would also force him to lie to clients.

When his supervisor informed him that he would not be receiving the 25 cents per hour raise that was promised in his contract, the situation made OP approach his breaking point. He made the decision to follow his boss' instructions with malice, and as you all are aware, when an employee adds malice to the equation, things almost never turn out well for the bad boss.

To read all the juicy details of what happened, keep scrolling down below.

The original poster kicks off the story

The OP refused to do a job because the pay wasn't enough

Boss wanted the OP to lie to a customer like it wasn't their fault

The OP was passively looking around for another shop

The OP got regular raises that brought them closer

Things were progressing but nothing was actually committed

It's time for the malicious compliance to kick in

Manager says he can only give the OP a dollar more an hour

"If I can't trust you for a quarter, why should I believe you for a dollar?"

"If you don't like it, you can always quit"

The OP got a yes after a quick and comfortable discussion

The OP resigned and went straight to another work from there

The OP added this edit later on

Here are the couple of things the OP would like to state

Of course, other Redditors had their own opinions and here are some of them

Do not mess around with someone who knows their onions

This Redditor would have loved to hear how they reacted

Did they go home and cry themselves to sleep?

It was not without comment from him

Having no job and no references

I definitely loved reading that line too

This Redditor considers the whole story to be awesome

Glad you had backbone and self respect

There is little doubt that the OP might have suffered greatly if the new shop owner had refused his request to join. You could argue that not all of the credit should go to complicity, as some of this was also the result of luck.

But my, what a stunning occasion, so bold and assured. We're glad the OP saw his value and made the right choice to leave the shop in search of a better opportunity. 

Maryjane