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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Other duties as assigned" is a bitch.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago

This is when "could you please send that request on writing via e-mail" becomes really useful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's what gets struck in a white strike.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If it's literally in your job description, as it has been in my last several positions, does it qualify?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You make them assign the task to you, don't just do it because it's necessary. Each task that is not part of your actual assigned job needs to be assigned to you. Every time. If they want you to do it every time it's needed, ask for them to update your job description to reflect it.

It's called a white strike because you are burying them in paperwork, but not walking off the job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My listed job duties are infinitely vague and I'm responsible for everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Bonus, you can ask for clarification on everything.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

A white strike, like all strikes works because of collective action, not because of some tricky technically lol.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Okay, you've assigned me a duty. Give me exact, and I mean exact, instructions about how to complete it.

Now repeat for the thousands of tiny tasks everyone just does on their own.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

If everyone does it then it works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Sure. It means they can ask you to do other things that aren't explicitly written in the original job description. But every time they tell you to do something beyond it, you just start doing THAT exactly to the letter of the request.