Comment by sbarre

Another great comment, thanks! Like I said elsewhere I agree things are more complicated than I made them out to be in my short and narrow response.

I agree with all your points here, the broader context of one's working conditions really matter.

I do think there's a difference between sitting back and watching things go bad (vs struggling to compensate for other people's bad decisions) and actively contributing to the problems (the "malicious compliance" part)..

Letting things fail is sometimes the right choice to make, if you feel like you can't effect change otherwise.

Being the active reason that things fail, I don't think is ever the right choice.