I made a comment earlier that outlined an issue I had with my employer and how I handled it. It struck a nerve with some people. The TLDR is I am a private person, when asked about my personal life I would politely decline or redirect the conversation elsewhere, my coworkers didn’t like that and decided to go to management. Management had a meeting with me where they told me to share intimate details of my life with my coworkers or I would be punished. So, I maliciously complied and when asked would make up stories to make them uncomfortable or my inherent introverted communication skills would make them uncomfortable. This continued for two months until the policy was ended.
I got a lot of DM’s and comments suggesting my malicious compliance actions were anti-worker because they made the workplace uncomfortable for my peers. I believe that workers have a right to privacy in the workplace if they want it, and I would assume the majority of you would agree. I don’t know if what I did was right or wrong and that’s not the question I want to ask.
I’m wondering what your opinion is on workers who don’t support workers rights? Does standing in solidarity with workers mean that we support the majority, even if they’re against workers rights, like the DM’s and comments I received suggest? or is it acceptable to make workers who fight against workers rights feel uncomfortable and shameful when they support those policies or laws by protesting those policies or laws?