New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- A growing number of Gen Z workers are fed up with toxic workplaces where micromanagement and dismissed ideas are the norm, but instead of going straight to the HR with their complaints, they are turning to TikTok for advice on how to 'protect their peace'.

The advice that they are getting isn't about setting boundaries or documenting issues - it's about "most unhinged, borderline unethical" things they can do to keep their sanity, Fortune reported.

Gen Z's most common and popular unhinged hack is malicious compliance. This is a passive-aggressive form of protest where employees follow instructions exactly as they are given, even when they know doing so will cause inefficiency or backfire.

"Once my job made us do 'p...