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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/WebDev403 on 2024-02-04 19:04:45.

This was my first job a few years back. I was a working student at a Startup as webdev. I was specialized in the field they deployed their software in as well as the used technology. The first year was great, I learned a lot and though I had a contract for 20 hours I worked at least 40, more than a few weeks even 60. I identified myself with the company, with the product, with the people.

Come another year down the road, people wanted to implement a feature. I raised concerns that I might be difficult to implement (given the software architecture at that point) and also probably useless because the metrics were a mess. The CEO told me to „act your wage.“ and I thought to myself „alright, will do.“

I strictly committed to my 20 hours per week, didn’t work a second longer. I updated my cv, got an interview and a new job, quit with a month notice. The company leadership was horrified and had to take actions I learned later. To hire a new webdev who could pick up work where I left they had to fire almost the whole sales department. My resignation caused them to lay off almost 30% of their workforce, by today the company operates with 35% remaining employees.

Edit: I should also mention that clients ran off because the support line was not manned 24/7 anymore, that bugfixes took way longer and that new features were very faulty because I only implemented what was in the very badly described tickets.