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Looks like my job. The best way to change stupid procedures is following them to the letter and watch the world burn.

techdragon 3y ago
This is one of the useful tactics that unions will use when they aren’t legally allowed to strike for one reason or another, they will engage in large scale “work to rule”, which is pretty much what it sounds like, you do your work following the rules to the letter and no further, stubbornly by the book no matter how inconvenient or unproductive or disruptive the rules are when you suddenly start following them exactly. It’s particularly effective if the rules are a large part of their collective grievances with management, as it highlights to all involved that the current rules need changing, and can sometimes result in fairly quick and positive changes since it demonstrates to management that the current “rules as written” are not the most fiscally effective set of rules for running the business.
- ternaus 3y ago
  Called "Italian strike" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule
- yencabulator 3y ago
  See also "Simple Sabotage Field Manual", by United States Office of Strategic Services, written by US military for use in occupied countries in Europe. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
- vGPU 3y ago
  Especially if you stop every single step to go back, make sure that every single previous step has been correctly completed, assign roles for the following steps, have a discussion on workers rights and the equal share of labor to make sure that the workload for each of those steps is distributed equally, and so on and so forth.
xyst 3y ago
AKA malicious compliance
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago
  malicious compliance subverts rules. here rules are cretinous to start with
ghusto 3y ago
Ah, malicious compliance, my "last trick in the bag". When I'm tired of arguing, I do exactly what I'm told. Nothing opens eyes quite so well as getting exactly what you asked for.

This is one of the useful tactics that unions will use when they aren’t legally allowed to strike for one reason or another, they will engage in large scale “work to rule”, which is pretty much what it sounds like, you do your work following the rules to the letter and no further, stubbornly by the book no matter how inconvenient or unproductive or disruptive the rules are when you suddenly start following them exactly. It’s particularly effective if the rules are a large part of their collective grievances with management, as it highlights to all involved that the current rules need changing, and can sometimes result in fairly quick and positive changes since it demonstrates to management that the current “rules as written” are not the most fiscally effective set of rules for running the business.

ternaus 3y ago
Called "Italian strike" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule
yencabulator 3y ago
See also "Simple Sabotage Field Manual", by United States Office of Strategic Services, written by US military for use in occupied countries in Europe. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
vGPU 3y ago
Especially if you stop every single step to go back, make sure that every single previous step has been correctly completed, assign roles for the following steps, have a discussion on workers rights and the equal share of labor to make sure that the workload for each of those steps is distributed equally, and so on and so forth.

xyst 3y ago

AKA malicious compliance

ClumsyPilot 3y ago
malicious compliance subverts rules. here rules are cretinous to start with

ghusto 3y ago

Ah, malicious compliance, my "last trick in the bag". When I'm tired of arguing, I do exactly what I'm told. Nothing opens eyes quite so well as getting exactly what you asked for.