I’ve got a buddy who works aircraft maintenance in the US Navy. He’s told me about quite a few of those malicious compliance situations and all of them are both on par with everything else I’ve heard from engineers in civilian sectors. I’ve yet to meet an Engineer who was a bad liar. They washout way too quickly.
I think what’s missing is the malicious compliance right after these conversations that many of us engineers have.
Engineer: Sure captain, I’ll do what you ask but I’m going to need you to send me a communique stating that this is what you want me to do.
I’ve got a buddy who works aircraft maintenance in the US Navy. He’s told me about quite a few of those malicious compliance situations and all of them are both on par with everything else I’ve heard from engineers in civilian sectors. I’ve yet to meet an Engineer who was a bad liar. They washout way too quickly.