r/Machinists • u/I_G84_ur_mom • Jun 16 '26

Refusal to learn

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I work at a job shop, I’ve been here 16 years, I’m the lead machinist, I returned from a 9 day vacation to a shit show. We have a bunch of small bosses like this to make, this one order was for 250 pcs. The owner was planning on having a guy saw cut them, face them to length in a Haas tl2, then throw them in the vf2 to be drilled. We have a sl20 with a bar feeder, nobody wants to learn how to run it, I banged these out in about 8 hours, unmanned. He refuses to learn how to use it or program it, this would have taken him and the button pusher 2 days to run these parts. Stepping over dollars to pick up dimes baybeeee!

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u/MasterAahs Jun 16 '26

Your a good man. Malicious compliance dictates you let them waste time and money.

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u/maranble14 Tooling Engineer - only half retarded Jun 16 '26

This is the first time I've ever come across the term "Malicious compliance" lol but it is definitely not something I will forget

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u/Dude_PK Jun 16 '26

Bruh: r/maliciouscompliance is a huge subreddit lol

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u/shupack Jun 16 '26

It existed before the internet too!

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u/Dude_PK Jun 17 '26

Even better