Mural Is Ruined After Manager Defiantly Demands Workers To Paint During Rainfall, Leading Them To Quit

Painting on a tiny canvas is hard enough, but painting on a 5-story building is way beyond that.

Maryjane

• Published in Funny
• June 14, 2022

We understand that art isn’t for everyone. Everyone is not required to be artistic, and that is perfectly fine.

But everyone must understand that art can be a necessity in people’s lives. Be it individually, or on a larger scale that manifests in societies and cultures.

A Redditor, who identified himself as a muralist shared a story on the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit about how there was a managerial change at their firm and how everything came crashing down because of how the new guy was trying to enhance the business. It was entirely the result of the new manager’s miscalculation.

According to the story, the OP has been working for a mural company for three years at this point. The supervisor they had up to that point was a good one who knew the trade better than anyone else and was magnanimous, so he was not only helpful but also knowledgeable about the subtleties of the job.

However, the boss decided to retire and thus passed the venture on to a business partner. Now, the business partner had a totally different approach to things—one in which things had to be done as quickly as possible at the lowest possible cost and everyone had to deal with the boss’ attitude.

The group was hired to paint a mural on a five-story building, which was an incredible feat in itself.

One Redditor shared a malicious compliance story explaining how a change in management ruined the company

Despite the team’s estimates and demands, the new manager insisted on completing the project in three weeks rather than five, which meant that the design itself had to be simplified and fast-tracked. On top of working for extra hours with meagre bonuses (there were even more under the previous management), everyone was already short-staffed and unmotivated from the previous project.

Scroll down to read the entire story, which unfortunately resulted in the company losing the project and continuing to decline.

Working as a muralist

He never offered incentives

We did explain

You're paid to finish jobs

The final straw came

I simplified the design

The weather got bad

On the third week

Get back to work

The malicious compliance

We kept painting

Boss demands muralists to work and the rain destroys it all

You said so

His face turned red

We've decided to quit

We just ignored him

The Reddit community praised OP and his team for fighting back, especially in such a malicious compliance manner. The OP gave it a couple of months before it completely shut down.

How it all penned out...

The company is floundering

More importantly

My coworkers still keep in touch

Now this is some malicious compliance

Some redditors pointed out that stories like this occur all too frequently, and it appears that bosses never learn, sharing their own experiences to prove their point. Others expressed their understanding of the nuances of being a muralist or painter, and how most people don’t realize how much work goes into making it all happen.

The post received 4,800 upvotes, hundreds of comments, and a few reddit awards.

So fast...

He really doesn't

These new bosses story

A job well done

Too bad and it's his loss

Starting their own co-op

A similar story

Artists in solidarity

Just get it done

Top notch indeed

Art, like Rome, cannot be built in a day; it must be born, developed, and transcended from the mind to the body. This includes dealing with all of the external factors, such as rain.

All of this, however, can be destroyed in the blink of an eye if management is left in the hands of an inept manager who completely misunderstands business tactics.

Maryjane