No good deed goes unpunished. Or so it seems. Helping out your colleagues and doing someone else’s job for them can land you in some hot water with your superiors. Especially if they’re unwilling to listen to your explanations. However, at the same time, boundaries at work exist for a reason.
Redditor u/The_Golden_Ranger shared how they like to help out their colleagues during their own lunch hour. They’re a nice person and it isn’t a major inconvenience for them. As a result, they end up extending their lunch to make up for the time lost.
However, their boss got angry at them and reiterated that lunch is exactly one hour. As a result, the employee complied maliciously and ended up being far less efficient and cost the company more money. Scroll down for the full story, the mixed reactions to it, and let us know what you personally think, dear Pandas.
Some employees like to help out their coworkers. Some do it during their lunch hour. However, this can lead to some complications down the line
Image credits: Andrea Piacquadio (not the actual photo)
One worker explained what happened when their boss stressed the fact that lunch is only an hour and can't be extended
The redditor’s post got mixed reactions on the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. Some internet users pointed out that u/The_Golden_Ranger shouldn’t be doing someone else’s job for them. Especially when it comes to sensitive things like dropping off bank deposits.
If the redditor got into an accident, got robbed, or lost the money during their lunch hour the situation would get complicated very quickly. What’s more, some redditors were confused about why the author of the post kept traveling to make the bank deposits, something that’s done as a courtesy for their coworkers, even after they got told off.
Meanwhile, others pointed out that things are actually better now that they’re less efficient. Since the employee is now technically working during work hours, they may be eligible for worker’s compensation if, God forbid, anything bad were to happen to them while making the trip to the bank.
What’s more, it’s vital to maintain communication with your superiors. Especially if you want to get ahead in the company. Financial expert Sam Dogen said that employees should learn to ‘manage their managers’ by keeping them informed about their contribution to the company.
“Managing your manager entails keeping him or her abreast of what you are up to. It means highlighting your key wins and reminding them at the end of the year about what you did in the first half of the year,” the founder of Financial Samurai told Bored Panda some time ago.
Workers should also strongly consider keeping a paper trail of the most important interactions and promises.
“It is very important to keep everything in writing. Over time, we tend to forget our interactions. By keeping things in writing, we can better remember situations and better argue for ourselves when it comes to asking for a raise and a promotion,” he said.
The story got mixed reactions from the members of r/MaliciousCompliance. Here's the advice they gave the OP
