this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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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] 113 points 4 months ago (8 children)

My guess is that some businesses get tax breaks from municipalities in exchange for filling office spaces with warm bodies. The idea is that people in office buildings support local businesses by buying lunch, and sometimes grabbing a pint after work.

I’m not trying to excuse this trend, in fact as an IT person myself I 100% agree with the sentiment, I’m just trying to share what I’ve been told.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is the excuse my employer gave. So I'm to take a pay cut (gas, wear and tear on my vehicle, loss of time to commute) so I can spend more money to prop up other businesses for a tax break that is likely to go into some rich ass C-levels bonus or shareholders pocket for cut costs?

Fuuuck that. Its just another way of picking the labor class clean to the bone.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. That's exactly what is happening.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Corporations want their money

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

but it's not their money until they coerce people into giving it to them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Corporations want ~~their~~ our money

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