r/Maliciouscompliance I Obeyed My Dumb Boss, Which Cost Him $2,000,000!

[@AmusementLabs]

Funny how when you owe a doctor/company money they want it asap, but if they owe YOU money, suddenly they have half the speed of the DMV...

[@Retailman100]

Half? You're being a bit generous

[@danteblack1141]

@@Retailman100 right, i think the dmv may actually be faster, lol

[@shandrakor4686]

Half way though the story I was thinking, is the billing company going to to somehow need to request money from the OP and get the same run around?

[@jeremybackup5758]

Same with insurance payments. You visit the doctor this month, pay out of pocket, but have to wait months to get reimbursed, but when you owe $30, they threaten to garnish your wages for that lunch fee.

[@SlickWillyTFCF]

Kinda like the IRS. Except the IRS can put you in prison if you don't pay

[@dracko158]

Supervisor: "This office is for staff ONLY." Also supervisor: *"Why are we losing money??"*

[@ExDragonMaster]

*ring ring* Former supervisor: Hello? Company: Hello former supervisor. We would like to inform you that we are no longer in need of your services due to underperformance. And what's with all these no shows? Former supervisor: ...but I already quit. Company: EXCUSES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! YO-*click* Hello? HELLO!?

[@Josh_the_jester]

Your American tax dollars at work ladies and laitens, also that $2,000,000 pay off was because of the piping section manager denying OP access to the office, not a supervisor,everyone already knew the supervisor left for greener pastures, and I'm fairly sure he put in notice of dismissal

[@jamesnorman9160]

I love the fact they 'fired' the supervisor who quit 7 weeks before. How the hell do you get your own head so far up your own ass that you don't notice stuff like that? xD

[@rickyroughton8098]

@@jamesnorman9160 I remember a story from another subreddit (I forget which one) where OP quit and it was almost a year before they managed to beat it into *someone's* skull that they no longer worked there and should therefore not be receiving constant angry calls about no-shows.

[@AuntLoopy123]

Also supervisor: What do you mean, I should actually supervise by going to the worksite and checking up, in person, or at least ask for weekly progress reports? This company DESERVED to lose that money. I mean, a few days, I can see. But SEVEN WEEKS?! Yeps, totally deserved.

[@ZombieSazza]

“… and their response was to fire the supervisor, who’d quit 7 weeks prior” Honestly with a company that dumb, I’m surprised they didn’t lose $2ML sooner.

[@jaegrant6441]

Probably not the first $2M they lost, lol. Not lol though, is that it's tax payers $2M.

[@shannonp1656]

They probably knew what they were doing. Didn't want to fire an actual employee so they made a token move on paper, just to look like they took action. Still reflects badly on the company.

[@laurieharper1526]

The sad thing is that, if they are building nuclear equipment, it is probably being paid for by the public purse, so they will just charge it to the poor old taxpayer.

[@machinethatgoesblorp]

@@laurieharper1526 As the son of a contractor, I can reassure you that isn't how it works. The lost two weeks will have to be made up at the company's expense. And their response wasn't entirely token. By retroactively firing them they can cut the old supervisor's pension. Probably not $2 million, but enough to recoup some losses.

[@RiptoGakt]

@@shannonp1656 It still would have made far, far more sense to fire the dumbass pipe manager who enforced that arbitrary bs, especially since they would have a good 2-80 witnesses confirming that it was *that* particular douchenozzle who cost them that near $2M right there. Can't exactly pretend that some "lowly" workers' words aren't worth that much weight, especially since they're about 2-80 that they could get statements from.

[@philippak7726]

I'm always amazed that companies don't want to do jack until they get called for it. I had an online purchase that hadn't arrived. 0 contact from the store. Tried several times to reach out, then posted a negative review. Within an hour I had a message saying they'd lost a tiny and ignorable part and were trying to find it before sending it. I told them "I don't care about that part, I have 10, just send the thing I bought." For those wondering - a nintendo DS and the missing piece was the stylus. Their kicker? could I edit my feedback? I did - to say "they only contacted me after I posted this, finally offering to resolve it after 3 weeks of silence"

[@tailsofchaos]

That's funny and worth saying that because it makes sense

[@EdgyShooter]

"How on earth is it possible that 80 people could not be productive for seven weeks?!?" That's what's called a government contract 😉

[@gerrard1144]

Manager: only STAFF gets to enter the OFFICE! Welders: understandable have a great day *ends up losing almost 2 million dollars*

[@chriscarpenter3370]

congratulations you played yourself

[@jeremybackup5758]

I've worked IT for nearly 3 decades now, and the biggest cases of waste I've seen during my career, were always new leadership that didn't comprehend or understand how things worked, and they'd cost the company millions. rinse and repeat. They'd come in, guns blazing, wanting to change how everything works, only to switch back to the original configuration after 2-3 months. This happened so regularly, that when we got new leadership, everyone prepared for things to run in the gutter for a month or two, until we could bring the new 'leader', up to speed on reality.

[@SimonTekConley]

Did something similar to the c# story. I was hired for my expertise in one subject, found out later the job involved a ton of skills, I had no idea how to do, so I learned it on the job. The people that interviewed me didn't know enough about the actual needs of the job, so gave me an interview that they understood. I had realized later, that I wasn't remotely qualified for the job, but I did it, and learned it. I really enjoyed that experience. And only got the job because the hiring people were more inept about the requirements than I was, so I looked great.

[@SailorMya]

You were not qualified but more qualified then the people who hired you! lol that is funny!

[@masterridley8593]

This is actually somewhat uncommon, but it happens nonetheless.

[@AuntLoopy123]

My favorite boss, ever, told me in the hiring interview that he could train a monkey to "do the job," but it took the right attitude to do it WELL. So, he wasn't so concerned about "do you have all the specific qualifications right now?" as he was, "Do you have a team-player attitude, and a mind to learn new things, as needed, to keep up with a dynamic job, that changes frequently?" Golly, I just LOVED working for him. He told me, once, that if I finished my Bachelor's degree, in literally any subject, including dance, that he would promote me to a Data Manager. I thought about it for a hot minute, but then said, "I see what the Data Managers do every day, and I don't want it. Sure, they get paid more than I do, but I'm happy where I am. I LOVE my job." And I did. I really did LOVE that job. Right up until the company was taken over by another company who said, "You may be #1 in the industry, with fewer resources, but we have more resources, and aren't as successful as you, so you have to stop doing things the way you've done them, that worked, and do things OUR way, instead. Oh, and faster! We have no actual reason to move up all the deadlines, but we're going to move up all the deadlines, anyway, just to show that we can! Why are so many people quitting?! For that matter, why have so many people suddenly taken short-term disability to go for psychiatric treatment from having mental breakdowns? For that matter, why are so many people physically collapsing on the job? It's office work! It's not that hard. Oh, well. We'll just lay off the entire Research and Development branch of the business, and make do with the products we already have. We don't need NEW things in the medical business." I hate that new company SO MUCH.

[@AuntLoopy123]

@@masterridley8593 More common in niche work. Boss: I need someone to fill this spot, and very few people actually know anything about it. The only person at our company who knew anything about it is gone, and that's why we need a replacement. I guess we'll just have to TRUST all the applicants." Highly technical, but unpopular, with very few actual positions in the country, means that not very many people will actually train for it, and that means that a person could easily bluff their way into it.

[@SimonTekConley]

@@AuntLoopy123 you sound like a fun person to hang out with.

[@GTSE2005]

"Alright so we're checking out the only subreddit where a boss costs himself $2000000 by making OP follow his orders... it's r/maliciouscompliance."

[@gerrard1144]

R/maliciouscompliance is a subreddit, where the boss is the idiot, and the OP is usually the smart one.

[@quixquire1761]

Is that a Graystillplays reference?

[@gerrard1144]

@@quixquire1761 yes, heres a *full liquor bar*

[@moonlord86]

R/a**holeTax?

[@heckinggi6034]

You forget the revenge subs

[@namelessminionveinreaver3763]

"Let's suppose that Patreon became a really sucky company." I have bad news for you, my friend... There have been several lawsuits for people not receiving their payout, some of which Patreon actually changed their rules for AFTER they were sued. Find other options if they exist.

[@umbragon2814]

not to mention randomly targeting artists for pointless reasons, if they give reasons at all

[@Starfloofle]

Yeah I was thinking that the entire time he was giving that spiel... lol "buddy I got bad news for you..."

[@ElementZephyr]

It's more probably that rslash is a big name. If this happened to someone worth several million in long term revenue, it would be rectified immediately. But if this happens to someone worth a total of 1000 dollars over the same time frame, whatever, who cares?

[@godlynewbie]

i've heard in recent years patreon has been going down hill. i hear tid bits hear and there from some creators

[@namelessminionveinreaver3763]

If you're interested in the legal side of things, Viva Frei, a Canadian Lawyer-turned-KZbinr-turned-political-candidate did a pretty good breakdown of it all.

[@chaosreaver3597]

The first story. I'm sorry, was this story about a work place or a high-school? 7 weeks of work, the best part $2,000,000 was wasted because the cool kids didn't want to have to share space with the commoners. What kind of production facility doesn't allow the fabricators have access to the schematics without supervisor approval in the first place? And all of this was because one guy took a better paying job, that they blamed for a work stoppage caused by one arrogant tool.

[@Gnarfendorf]

Well, considering it was something about contruction work related to nuclear tech for military use if i remember correctly, it might be possible that they had reason not to allow all staff to go through those scematics... but who knows, most likely it was just management too lazy to regularly check up on stuff.

[@chaosreaver3597]

@@Gnarfendorf I could understand nuclear military tech being a good reason for restricting access, but OP was able to walk into an unsecured area and browse those schematics for days without being noticed. So I seriously doubt that is the reason, besides a nuclear reactor isn't exactly a classified secret like a weapon. If anything the digital copies and print outs are more of a security risk anyway. Most places have appalling tracking of paper waste and laptops grow legs all the time. It's an arbitrary rule place by some dip[expletive] to make supervisor seem more important than the guys who have to wield pipes.

[@Gnarfendorf]

@@chaosreaver3597 well all i wrote was pure speculation so you might be right with that.

[@Crusader6590]

Simple answer is it's a fake story. I work for the government side of this program, and it's not even remotely close even down to the workers weekly pay.

[@robertc.9503]

@@chaosreaver3597 Navy nuclear reactors are extremely classified, to the point where they've dishonorably discharged and jailed sailors for taking selfies in the reactor room.

[@InTheAsylum103]

Man this is the earliest I’ve been so far. The first thing I watch in the morning is RSlash, it’s become part of my daily routine at this point lol.

[@deggolordofeggos]

Same here

[@shithead1029384756]

Been a while for me. Cheers

[@adityashah8146]

For me it is 6 in the evening

[@Trijem]

It's 7am for me. Morning coffee and rSlash.

[@GiovanniMJunor]

Same here! 😄

[@brianalaborious5630]

Don’t forget that of the 1960000, the employer still has to pay about 7.3% in taxes. If this is U.S of course.

[@americanmapper2445]

Well they work for the us navy so I have to hope so

[@ElementZephyr]

At least 1.96m, too. Probably closer to 2.25m + taxes.

[@christianmingle3394]

Wasn’t it his entire section made 3500 per day? He did 3500 x 80 idk I didn’t go back and check just wondering

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@christianmingle3394 per week

[@PotterBrony82]

Yeah, where I work, if the office staff tried that with us in the shop, we would instantly ban them from our end. We’d just cite it as enhancement to safety. Even now when they come to the shop they gotta wear ppe (safety glasses, safety shoes, hard hat depending on situations) so it wouldn’t be hard to amp that up.

[@Cee.u.next.Tuesday]

Okiol but

[@maxskogh6289]

One of my favourite bosses was a guy who always wore fancy suits at work. But he also weren't prude. He visited every department for a chat and to check up on progress. Checking oily pieces of metal or help tightening bolts in a dusty machine. He obviously cared for his style, but the workers came before his clothes.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@maxskogh6289 wasn't* prude

[@ButWhatIfItIs]

I've worked in places like this and the office types wouldn't dream of taking that attitude with the boys (and some girls) working downstairs. Mostly out of fear I think lol!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

pot calling kettle black…you ban them, yet complain when they ban you

[@Joetorres3]

All that welder problems could be avoid with a laptop and a laser printer installed in a shed for the works to have acces to the technical drawings.

[@MichaelS537]

It could but, they had already lost the money by the time they knew what was going on. I can just say this, if your project needs welders DO NOT piss off the welders because they can kill your project.

[@ElementZephyr]

@@MichaelS537 Any company. Basically, don't annoy/anger the employees that do the jobs that make your company run. If you're in retail, don't piss off the clerks. Etc. Rarely do businesses have a setup where the Management/Salary people outnumber the Wage Earners and can completely fill in the previously annoyed/fired/quit/striking Wage Earners 100 percent.

[@ElementZephyr]

Common Sense and Forethought are really uncommon and rare concepts to most people. You'd be surprised at how many people really don't sit there for 5 minutes to realize consequences for a decision in the process they work on. This is why consulting businesses make so much money. When 98% of people don't do the obvious things and constantly waste money on stupid decisions, the 2% that analyze and tell them otherwise are going to have a massive chunk of profit.

[@AuntLoopy123]

@@ElementZephyr Exactly. Also, don't tick off the cleaning staff, maintenance staff, administrative staff, because in their own "small" ways, they keep the gears going, and can grind that machine to an absolute halt. Nobody notices them, when they are doing their jobs well, but if they fall down, EVERYONE feels it.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

they’d find something else to gripe about and slow production until they didn’t have to work

[@kerricaine]

and people wonder how millitary budgets exceed the trillions when stuff like this happens all the time.

[@tiredman99]

I'm so glad I work at a job that I actually like and have bosses/coworkers who are great people to work with

[@wolverineik]

That makes two of us Mitchell! There's very little if any in the way to office politics at my company, no SJWs, paid voluntary annual bonuses for the last 10 years, and is entirely owned by my colleagues, the employees, of which I'm happy to say I'm now one of! Hell even the company director / founder and CEO are very friendly, and I'm on a first name basis with both of them! I'll be returning to the office full time on Monday, the first time since the last of week of Feb 2020. I'm so looking forward to interacting with my colleagues, my mnager, and my supervisor who recently highlighted my contributions to the company's current sales and customer retention efforts, evcen if I'm not part of the development teams focused on our next generation product which is priming us for the future. All in all, I could hardly envisage a more perfect job for myself. So I appreciate your sentiment, and thank the Creator every day that I have been blessed with it!

[@B.A.Killington]

"let's suppose patreon suddenly became a really sucky company" lol

[@kittybatpurrs]

my reaction too 😂

[@WingZero172]

Ok, that entire first story's use of incorrect apostrophes really got under my skin

[@theoparke]

I was expecting apostrophes in "us" and "is" by the end of it

[@Seelenoede]

rSlash: "I don't want to troubleshoot Patreon." Adult Creators: *crying noises*

[@Richard_Nickerson]

🤨

[@Citylight-yq8dp]

Wut

[@Seelenoede]

Patreon has a very strict, but also shifting content policy, forcing some creators to adapt and to troubleshoot. So some went to different platforms, others censored themselves.

[@zuilok]

@@Seelenoede I mentioned this yesterday on this video. Somehow my comment has disappeared... 20 times...

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@Seelenoede That in no way clears up your attempt at memeing the situation

[@lure3601]

This man really made Reddit posts nice to listen to. He actually human.

[@maieen2665]

I like how rSlash went on a little rant at the end just to plug his Patreon, lol

[@wolffriendinus]

Maybe it's just me but I actually find those rants he does a bit annoying. I always fast forward past them.

[@FumeiYuusha]

@@wolffriendinus I'm sure it's not just you, but I do like his rants. It makes the videos more personal. To each their own, as long as we both enjoy the overall video I guess.

[@toleble7301]

@@wolffriendinus Totally get that but as someone who creates content he needs to talk about it. Mostly to bring awareness to his audience so it can help him continue to make money and do what he likes. I've kinda accepted it as part of listening to creators 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@TheAdamsMcCall]

@@wolffriendinus same, plus he keeps insisting on the same points again and again, we get it dude

[@xerowon3490]

Thank you for the timestamps rSlash they did not go unnoticed!

[@cyberherbalist]

I like those too. I wish other Reddit readers would use them.

[@AuntLoopy123]

"Too hot and spicy" for KZbin. You mean the ones that use horrible words, like, "assisted" and "blonde"? Seriously, the list of words that have been demonetized by KZbin is ridiculous. And it leads to readers saying, "almost adult" instead of "teen" or "16 years old" because heaven forbid they include such details as a NUMBER, if that number is less than 18. I think my favorite, though, is that they actually censored the word "censored." And the list keeps changing all the time, so content creators think they're OK, and create and post videos, only to have them taken down, because, SHOCKER!, they said, "cyst" in a video about skin conditions, or even, GASP! "Democrats" or "election" in a post about politics. These are all words that have been demonetized.

[@wingedblaze5985]

I saw those digits on the screen for how much was lost and I GASPED. My boss would have a holy hell heart attack if we lost that much because of a lower manager

[@qtluna7917]

Always got to the hand that feeds your nuisance: I once had a billing error with Amazon (bank thought it was a fraudulent payment). Amazon got their money in time, but apparently didn't process it fast enough, so they sent a debt collector. Who tried to collect a debt already paid in time. The collector wouldn't back down, so I told them to check with Amazon. One day later I get a call, where he claimed he did that, and that I now had to pay additional fees, for wasting his time. (I had the confirmation that I had paid from Amazon, but he wouldn't listen.) So I just sent a very angry email to amazon, and CC'd it to two friends (in the know) who worked at newspapers (one regional and one national), about how amazon is using third party contractors to threaten and harass innocent customers, detailing everything that had happened, and threatening to contact my legal counsel should I get another bill from that collector. I never heard of either amazon or the debt collector again, but since his business disappeared from the internet shortly after, I like to claim credit. Given how ruthless Amazon is with it's own workers, I can imagine how little they care for independent contractors.

[@pharynx007]

i'm pretty sure youtube see's *any* interaction as positive. so even if your video's got down vote bombed, it would still technically be helping your channel in the algorithm. i could be wrong, but that's what i remember seeing in other videos that talk about it said.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Yeah, downvotes are just interactions, same as up votes. I'm not even sure it actually helps a viewer to dislike something they dislike. I still get tons of illogical suggestions from the algorithm if the like/dislike feature actually had value.

[@Lovuschka]

Yea, they had some video with like 95 percent thumbs down on the front page a while ago. I think the name was something like "KZbin Rewind 2020".

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

3:05 "Little worker bees" who apparently make over $180k a year, unless OP made a typo.

[@glaxmattbas]

I don't understand that CEO, why would they oppose hiring someone with the tech skills the team actually needs?

[@CsykKrit]

A lot of people employed in those positions are completely out of touch with the work. They were hired from law or business schools because they're good at presenting numbers that appease the board. Then they get put in charge of say, a mechanical/manufacturing sector and know nothing of such a work environment. To them if it works on paper it should work in real life but they've never had to experience real world conflicts and issues. If they fuck up they just get another similar job, mid and upper management can be a super high turnover sector due to this.

[@RiveroftheWither]

@Csyk It's also often a "money saving" tactic, hiring people under qualified or for a lower position then what you are actually hiring them for so you don't have to pay them as much. She probably thought hiring someone specialized in the actual skills they needed would cost more, so hiring a person with the same skills as the old one and just sticking to the old way of doing things, in her mind, saves money. A lot of these business school types also tend to focus on cost and not productivity.

[@kespeth2]

But at least she didn't cost her company almost $2M for not letting the crew into the office to pick up their needed materials...

[@yi_hou3092]

not an accountant but I feel like 2 million for a Naval Reactor sounds like they lost one ship for production or potential repairs or overhauls, usually a Destroyer would cost around 270 million dollars so if the reactor costs 2 million that's sounds cheap when it comes to the US navy

[@gruffen4]

That was just 7 weeks worth of work on a reactor, not the cost of the reactor

[@jwal13]

I love how he keeps using Antonio Conte as the thumbnail! As you can see, Antonio is a very passionate guy lol

[@1bendykat]

Regarding the C# job - I can testify that 90% of IT jobs are more about the ability to learn on the job rather than the skills that you currently have.

[@pumpkinpatch2203]

Ayo rSlash, just wanted to say that your videos have helped me a lot. Been watching you for a bit over a year now, have watched all your videos at least twice and you just have a voice that really calms me down. Thank you for being you

[@ZacGames3]

This.

[@SpaceJunkie8042]

Same here. It’s my morning ritual that preps me for a day with a bit of humor and perspective

[@bland9876]

I just realized that if they needed someone who knew a lot about C sharp they could have just hired a musician.

[@turkperry4910]

From story 2: This doesn't have anything to do with coding. I was going to college to become a health food inspector. While I was in college I had gotten a job at a chicken restaurant. My job was to season the chicken. I read the proper way of cleaning each piece of chicken before seasoning them. I knew from my safety classes that a box of chicken was only to be out for 20 minutes. Cleaning them the proper way with just one bag it took me well over 20 minutes to do. I asked one of the guys to show me how he did it and he showed me how doing it their way took part of the chicken too. He skipped some parts and I was uncomfortable with doing it that way, but it worked just the way the company wanted it. After a time I could clean and season 8 boxes within the 20 minutes. Even the guy asked to watch me and he even said "That is not to actual way to do that you know". I then said "it works right"? Other people were suppose to clean and season chicken too, but I was able to do so much that they had literally no chicken to clean or season. It taught me as a health food inspector the way they say it needs to be done and the way it gets done are sometimes two or three different ways. I was still strict, but at the same time allowed some things that I knew were still safe to pass.

[@jaegrant6441]

Oh wow!! The CEO! What CEO of a company with more than 5 employees would handle Yelp review complaints? Lol

[@Swnsasy]

What is ALWAYS so crazy is power going to someone's head THAT BAD is ridiculous.. It's not difficult to just be a cool ass boss.. Any HALF intelligent person would know, happy employees, MORE PRODUCTIVE!!! Leave them alone unless things aren't going well sheesh...

[@spasménos-r5g]

I love you man, but I love Hugo more

[@Trijem]

🐶 🌟🌟🌟🌟👍 🐾🐺🐾

[@poloboi5166]

First Gregg Popovich now Antonio Conte, you doing them dirty damn

[@C.J2547]

Thank you for this. First day of a new job and you are a comfort!

[@23Fists]

Good luck and don't stress out!

[@aeonvalley8589]

Daily reminder that you are loved and appreciated even if you don’t know it

[@josephsmartt78]

I don't know what I would do without daily uploads. Theses are my bed time stories

[@Mistfall254]

Same

[@mereditheryn9020]

Me as well

[@AuntLoopy123]

The C# story reminds me of the part in The Imitation Game, where the candidates are given a test that is supposed to be so difficult that it cannot possibly be completed within the allotted time. The genius who wrote the test says that he's not testing their completion, but how they go about finishing it. A woman comes into the testing room, with nothing but men in there, argues that she is NOT a secretary, but has come to apply for the job, and they finally agree to let her test, as well, with a pandering, patronizing, "Oh, very well, let the little girl play" expression. Not only does she complete the test, correctly, but she does it in a matter of minutes. She was hired.

[@mrpddnos]

I tend to only place a review when something goes wrong. I honestly believe that the way a company handles an error on their part says way more about them than all the things that went right. Like two weeks ago. I ordered a dvd from a company in Belgium. I live in The Netherlands. They send me a different dvd with almost the exact same title. The day I received the wrong dvd, I called them up right away. They promised to call back, after physically checking if they still have the dvd I ordered. Took an hour, and they called back. They had send me the correct dvd (which I already knew because I had received the tracking info by email already). And I could keep the dvd they send by mistake. Now, they got a good review! Something had gone wrong, but they fixed it fast and well! They didn’t get 5 stars on trustpilot but 4 stars. But they contacted me afterwards thanking me for the good review, acknowledging that a lot of people would instead have given a really bad review.

[@abrr2000]

what do you mean patreon BECAME a really sucky company? They treated logging in as an acceptence of their new TOC's for years, and now they finally have an accept our policies pop up, it's asking you to agree that patreon will have the right to use, share and act upon your entire online presence and and data collected on every website you visit. THAT'S INSANE!

[@SoldierSpiderx]

the fact they fired supervisor when they lost 2 million cause he told OP the office is for staff only deserve it

[@Ikajo]

No no, they fired the supervisor who had already quit

[@uskglass]

Lmao why is Conte the thumbnail 😂

[@christianmichalsky2826]

rSLASH: *says C#* Me: *sings a C# on pitch* rSLASH: *looks at me confused* Me: what? You said C#, so I sung what you told me.

[@joseph0998]

7:59 that takes fake it till you make it to a hole new level lol 😂

[@notalostnumber8660]

What do you mean these people have not worked for almost two months? Let's fire their supervisor! The people: uh, he left almost two months ago and we have been waiting for a new one

[@Swnsasy]

R/Slash, 9am and then Redwheel after is the AMAZING start to my day.. Outside of my cat and dog snuggle wake up for breakfast.. Lol RedWheel does post a couple times a day, guess if he gets bored we may get 3 but, that's my routine!! Gotta love R/Slash as my caffeine since I don't drink coffee often.. 😁

[@stefantsarev4442]

Ah, the asshole tax. Apparently it can go up to 2 million dollars.

[@Trijem]

🤣😂😅 🌟🌟🌟🌟👍 🐾🐺🐾

[@fireflare908]

it has no limit

[@Akai-Ishi]

Oh in the name of Thor. Learning C# on the job!?!? That’s one of my people!!!!

[@nidodson]

The C# story, it happens all of the time, haha. It's what happens when the wrong person is running a company, and you have to make the company succeed in spite of them. It is what most of my work experience actually is focused around, succeeding for the company in spite of a business owner, the worst being my former employer, who thought he knew how to do software development, but didn't even know the basics of a language he claimed to be an expert in.

[@leahmeabucher6880]

KZbin is so used to my habit of watching his newest upload as soon as I open the app so that days upload is literally first on my recommend, don't gotta look for it KZbin already has it set up for me. His videos are the first KZbin video I watch every day.

[@troubledjoe6201]

This will mean nothing if you are outside the UK or in a month or so’s time but at the moment if I click on a video chances are I will first see an ad with Nigel Farage spouting balls or one for a revolutionary £62 spiral cotton bud to clean your ears out starting with a close up of some removed earwax. One makes me feel sick; the other is just overpriced.

[@Trijem]

We get the Ear Wax one in the US too. 🐾🐺🐾

[@XeroTeirsynth]

My local high school has a basic programming class that works in C#. I’d say I’m relatively fluent regarding it, but it honestly doesn’t take a very extensive knowledge of it to do much - it’s a fairly straightforward programming language regardless - so I can say with certainty that OP managing to fool an entire company into believing they were fluent in C# is pretty realistic lmao. More power to you, OP.

[@elizabethgenat-hung2645]

That near $2 million comes out of the tax player's pockets!

[@albertbatfinder5240]

80 people standing round doing absolutely nothing, week after week, and no one notices? They must be super quiet workers when they are doing stuff.

[@harrycooper5231]

How could they not have noticed there was zero pipe being laid by 80 people for 7 weeks? Impossible. It would have effected the entire job site.

[@stephenthompson7362]

Story 1 is a peak at how the Ford-class CVs ended up so far behind schedule and overbudget...

[@Crusader6590]

Nah, it was procuring the parts from vendors and the Buy American Act the prevented use from getting readily available supplies. I work for this program, and the story is so off from how things work it is laughable.

[@orangekayak78]

Looks like after you left the company we lost 2M$. You are FIRED!

[@tenhirankei]

@8:05 This is rare! Malicious compliance that doesn't ruin anyone.

[@christianforsstrom2222]

The cost of the first video is probably much highter than 2 mil, that's just to pay the workers, you're gonna have lost revenue, delays, late fees and all sorts of fun and expensive stuff on top of that

[@andmicbro1]

That fourth story is a bit more revenge than malicious compliance.

[@novastar6112]

8:00 Literally fake-it-till-you-make-it

[@oldcougar65]

Decades ago, a company I consulted for made HVAC units for Nuclear Power plants. They made BIG units. They won a bid for a power plant and were well into the job when it was discovered why they won the bid. Their estimator had skipped an entire floor. The bid was over 2 million dollars low. Yikes.

[@ABucketOfFrogsWithPaint]

"Oh my god what is the math on this" made me lose my mind laughing

[@MisterVercetti]

Says a lot when Dilbert-esque management is starting to become the depressing norm rather than the humorous exception.

[@ManlyStump]

"all of which were making $3500+" a. I wonder what the average was then, $2M could have been a low ball! b. I am so in the wrong job!

[@Jeff-cn9up]

The first dude has absolutely zero understanding of apostrophes. Every one I noticed was 100% incorrect. He would do better to not use them entirely. For a while I was convinced that he wasn't an idiot, but using them deliberately and completely wrong on purpose.

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

The best kind of worker is not those who are an expert in something, but those who are willing to learn how to be one. Not saying all experts are bad, but those that have exhausted their interest in learning generally are.

[@russlehman2070]

The thing that most non-programmers don't realize, is that once you know how to program, picking up a new programming language is no big deal. All programming languages have similar elemants, e.g. loops, conditionals (IF statements)and soubroutine/function calls, they just express them differently. And the "vocabulary" is much smaller than an actual spoken/written language.

[@mattlee7445]

I would just like to add (in case anyone is interested in the field) that there are a number of different categories of programming languages. In each category, this is true, the languages are all very similar. Learning other categories, however, can be a bit more challenging. But still worth it!

[@ZikkaChan]

I love what you've done with splitting the stories up so we can go back and re-listen to our fave ones!!

[@melonsaway3929]

Now that we know rslash has editors, I'm kind of curious why he doesn't shout out the rest of his team? Like even just once in a while?

[@Doshidar]

probably because he already pays them. Editors who get paid dont need, or really want "exposure work"

[@melonsaway3929]

@@Doshidar I'm not suggesting he pay them in exposure, I'm just saying in my opinion its a nice thing to do to shout out the people who help you

[@Skrill99]

Maybe they don't want it.

[@jaydeeee668]

I honestly don't understand why companies are so strict on expense policy. My company gives you options. Wanna use your own credit card to get the points? Sure! Just save your receipts and they'll reimburse you. Don't wanna expense it? Take a company card. Food? $50 a full day out reimbursed

[@wolfsbane9639]

Thanks for putting chapters in! Great improvement for when I’ve already read some stories and not having to skip through until I find the next one!

[@computernerd1101]

A CEO who knows nothing about C# shouldn't throw stones when she lives in a glass house.

[@disadadi8958]

1.96 millions of paychecks. Imagine all the work they were supposed to do but didn't. I bet that cost over a $2m to fix.

[@DanWi90]

3500$ a week? That’s over 14.000 a month!!! That’s nearly as auch as I get in a whole year!

[@DangerBrooks]

I wake up early just so I can make sure the house is quiet for 0800 RSlash

[@sophiescherk9279]

The c# story was pretty wholesome for malicious compliance

[@Ragehunger]

You know how they always say that you learn more through actual work life experience than you do in public schools? Part of it is because a lot of the school material is outdated and doesn't take the development of work industries in mind (at least not at the time I was studying), but also because some things are so simplified in the real world that the things you need to learn to get a degree might be redundant. For instance, you don't need to be mechanic to know how to drive a semi truck, because often the things that can break down has to be handled by actual mechanics anyway. The only things you really need to have in mind are maintenance checks and reporting faults, but it's usually neither your job nor your obligation to make the actual repairs or replacements. You can even decline to drive a truck if you deem it unsafe or illegal to operate. If you work at a place that doesn't abide by such regulations, then you should look for a job elsewhere that does, because they clearly care more about the money they make from you than your safety and rights.

[@SailorMya]

The CEO from the last story knew they were going to lose the doctors contract that is why they wanted it swept under the rug real quick after it was posted! The doctor probably ripped them a new one for the review on their page. Privet practices thrive on word of mouth for clients and negative reviews can be extremely bad for them... Makes me wonder if the company had to get that review down to keep the contract with how much they bothered OP about it! lol

[@wolfman5740]

$2M is just the salary with no mention of benefits or other personnel costs. Also, given that most workers generate many multiple times their salary in value for the company the first story easily cost the company over $10M of lost productivity.

[@1TwistedPoet]

Its actually OVER 2 million. The amount that employees make does not include the costs for benefits, employer fees for Unemployment and pension, etc.

[@jimmiemurvin1871]

First story: Its very scary to think that such people are responsible for building anything to do with nuclear anything! They can't properly manage their way out of wet paper bags.

[@amberkat8147]

Man, I wish I weren't super poor, or I'd pay for those extra videos. Good luck! You do an awesome job, and I wish the company-that-shall-not-be-named wouldn't demonetize things at the drop of a hat and demand relentless and pointless censoring.

[@goonerbear8659]

**Dr. Evil pinky raise intensifies** TWO MIIIIIILION DOLLARRRRRS

[@MalachioftheForest]

Ex-Nuclear Manufacturing employee here, wasting a few million dollars on nothing being done is not unheard of; a reactor project costs billions - the company I worked for built 4 reactors for China back in 2011, and the budget for that was about 5 billion. There are a lot of "holier-than-thou" types in the industry who get up into salaried postions and think they're God's gift to mankind. As soon as the higher-up kicked him out of the office, i knew exactly where the story was going.

[@westabsupplyebay4093]

Wow! Let's see seven weeks being unproductive and getting 3,500 a week, that's 24.5k before taxes! Sign me up!

[@OnlyJalenPhd]

*****Doctors go to school for 11-15 years!! 4 year undergrad, 4 years of medical school, and 3-7 years in residency.

[@TheRadiolarianKobold]

Always nice to see new Reddit stories. I have so many I could post I lost count.

[@Iceflkn]

The job went to fire a supervisor that had already QUIT 7 weeks before? Bet that was effective. 🤔😐

[@anton_smallz99_30]

I feel like these malicious compliance and pro revenge stories about company stupidity just turns into a maths word problem for r/slash

[@scp2539]

its not surprising it took them 7 weeks to notice a f up, whats surprising is it ONLY took 7 weeks to notice that f up. the left hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing or that it even exists.

[@austinwilburn1772]

One reminds me of a story of a guy who really wanted a job and lied saying he could type 75 words a minute, when in truth he could do about 15 words a minute. He got the job and spent the 2 week period grinding out every typing help program and was able to get himself to 55 words a minute and the workplace just summed it up to being a little nervous while taking the test. After years he can do about 90 words a minute and can type with both hands equally.

[@tmeu]

Office staff need us engineering crew way much more than we need them! 🤣

[@Ender11037]

Billing Company Guy was petty for the sake of being petty.

[@deggolordofeggos]

Clicking the video and seeing only 10 likes is so crazy to me

[@johnurbanek1027]

With supervisors, bosses, and CEOs like this, is it any wonder why respect for authority is dwindling?