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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Olastun_bee on 2025-08-24 12:18:50+00:00.

I work in IT at a mid-sized company. My job involves a lot of small but critical tasks—most of which are invisible when everything is running smoothly.

Our new manager came in and decided we were “not doing enough.” His brilliant idea?

“From now on, I want a detailed daily report from everyone. Every single task you did, no matter how small.”

Okay, sure. You want detailed? You got it.

I spent the next week tracking everything:

“8:02 AM – Logged into system”

“8:04 AM – Responded to ticket #4829 (password reset)”

“8:07 AM – Adjusted printer queue on floor 3”

…all the way through every mouse click, every reboot, every ‘quick fix’ nobody usually writes down.

By Friday, my “daily report” was 87 pages long. Times New Roman, size 11, single-spaced. I attached it as a PDF and CC’d everyone he had put on the distribution list.

Monday morning, he storms into my office:

Him: “What the hell is this?!”

Me: “My detailed daily report, per your request. Did you want more screenshots?”

Funny thing… later that day, a new policy email went out:

“Starting immediately: Weekly summaries are sufficient. Bullet points encouraged.”

Guess we’re not “not doing enough” anymore.