The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Over the last week, the guide has surged to become the 5th-most-accessed book on Project Gutenberg, an open source repository of free and public domain ebooks. It is also the fifth most popular ebook on the site over the last 30 days, having been accessed nearly 60,000 times over the last month (just behind Romeo and Juliet).

Direct link to the book (without the backref):

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

  • @jj4211
    62•1 month ago
    • “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
    • “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
    • “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.”

    Holy shit, my workplace must be trying to sabotage fascism…

      • @jj4211
        5•1 month ago

        I can’t upvote this enough…

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 month ago

          “hey, boss man created a JIRA ticket for the revolution, they wanna know how many story points we think that will be.” 😂

    • @chiliedogg
      14•1 month ago

      I work in the development office of a municipality.

      I was made for this.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 month ago

      I really need to keep that spiderman meme in my back pocket, but this was also my first thought