“Search Every 3rd Car”: Employee’s Malicious Compliance Costs Company A Billion-Dollar Contract
One of the things we associate with the military the most is discipline. Without it, high status and order would not be possible, and anyone who tries to disrupt it is often penalized.However, this officer’s punishment for security workers was not particularly well thought out. Only when he ordered every third car to be checked instead of the usual 15 did he realize the traffic jam he had caused and how it would affect his career.Unfortunately for him, waiting in the 2-mile-long line was a 3-star general who was very…