Seems good to make the distinction between pen-down / work-to-rule which Lorxus mentions below, and “corporate sabotage” actions that are dishonest or worse: inserting backdoors into code, getting competent people fired, and dumping metal shavings in the lubricant.
You can do the former without outright lying, and it’s probably justified if your employer is evil. Few people are actually aligned with maximizing the profits of their employer. Going farther than this is IMO dubious, at least in this case.
One wrinkle is that the CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual recommends lots of actions for white-collar employees that don’t require outright lies and are presumably highly effective at grinding the company to a halt. My guess is these should be permitted.
OpenAI leadership says vibe coding is fine, so why review AI code? (You can pretend to spend time on it if you want tho.)
Are you annoyed by unnecessary meetings? Why? Just relax.
Unplugged cable somewhere? Water leak? Not your job.
Lots of bad programmers have succeeded by spending their time on office politics instead. Office politics is a valuable skill! You should get some practice with it!
The first one struck me as dishonest, but I think it’s fair to read the main thrust as “don’t do work you don’t have to”.
Seems good to make the distinction between pen-down / work-to-rule which Lorxus mentions below, and “corporate sabotage” actions that are dishonest or worse: inserting backdoors into code, getting competent people fired, and dumping metal shavings in the lubricant.
You can do the former without outright lying, and it’s probably justified if your employer is evil. Few people are actually aligned with maximizing the profits of their employer. Going farther than this is IMO dubious, at least in this case.
One wrinkle is that the CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual recommends lots of actions for white-collar employees that don’t require outright lies and are presumably highly effective at grinding the company to a halt. My guess is these should be permitted.
I may be over-reading into the list in the OP.
The first one struck me as dishonest, but I think it’s fair to read the main thrust as “don’t do work you don’t have to”.