The Truth Behind the Manager That Got Fired #redditstories
1This is a multi-part series on from Reddit r/sysadmin on how "that Person" in the office got fired.
Way back in the day, our IT Manager was an incredibly hot mess. We'll call him John, because that was his name.
There's so many things that lead to him being fired, I'm just going to try and bullet point a few of them. If anyone wants more details, I'd be happy to do so.
Repeatedly worked on the HR Directors personal laptop, against company policy, frequently rendering it un-bootable.
HQ said, "Don't F this up. New hire on the way." We hear bossman in his cube, "Huh, there's already a Daryl. Guess I don't need to request a new account." FTW (~150,000 people org)
Participated in morning status calls which included all of the US, and occasionally UK. Routinely played Sopranos sounds bites over call.
During our upgrade from WinNT4 to XP, he brought in his friends company to assist, despite my objections (I was the desktop lead) and they helped us f*#k it all up.
There's so much more, so much. He was the most incompetent IT person I've ever worked with, but at least me and the rest of our great team were usually able to just ignore him and do things properly. Ah, the good old days.
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