system admin Archives

August 8, 2026 at 11:55 am

“What Did You Just Uninstall?”: Contractor Followed IT Protocol and Accidentally Wiped Critical Infrastructure

We didn’t fully think through that one huh…

March 15, 2026 at 6:15 pm

I.T. Factory Worker Dismisses Users’ Story That Standing Up Prevents Them From Logging In, But Then Testing Reveals Keys Were Switched On Keyboards

Two office workers looking at each other in their office chairs

Another case for working from home

December 26, 2025 at 1:55 pm

System Administrator Explains One-Cent Excel Error Multiple Times, But HR Manager Escalates It Anyway And Gets Shut Down By The VP In A Very Short Meeting

System admin sitting in a meeting with HR lady and the VP

That was an expensive penny!

December 15, 2025 at 6:55 pm

System Admin Was Asked To Fix A Help Desk Ticket With Zero Information, So They Sent The Employee Back To Collect The Basics They Should Have Had From The Start

System admin typing in the database but missing information

It’s shocking no one warned them.

September 5, 2025 at 5:55 pm

Large Company Fires Senior System Administrator, And It Causes Their Systems To Go Down. So When They Beg Him To Come Fix It, He Turns Them Down Flat.

Don’t be shocked when things break after firing the IT guy.

July 27, 2025 at 1:22 pm

System Admin Contractor Received A Security Warning On His Work Laptop Telling Him To Uninstall A Software Program, But When He Did There Were Big Consequences

man looking at code on computer monitors

Uninstalling that software was a really bad idea!

July 27, 2025 at 5:55 am

Employee Spends Months Building Alert System For The Company, But Then The Bosses Try To Use A.I. To Replace It

Alert! ChatGPT is not great at everything.

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“What Did You Just Uninstall?”: Contractor Followed IT Protocol and Accidentally Wiped Critical Infrastructure

I.T. Factory Worker Dismisses Users’ Story That Standing Up Prevents Them From Logging In, But Then Testing Reveals Keys Were Switched On Keyboards

System Administrator Explains One-Cent Excel Error Multiple Times, But HR Manager Escalates It Anyway And Gets Shut Down By The VP In A Very Short Meeting

System Admin Was Asked To Fix A Help Desk Ticket With Zero Information, So They Sent The Employee Back To Collect The Basics They Should Have Had From The Start

Large Company Fires Senior System Administrator, And It Causes Their Systems To Go Down. So When They Beg Him To Come Fix It, He Turns Them Down Flat.

System Admin Contractor Received A Security Warning On His Work Laptop Telling Him To Uninstall A Software Program, But When He Did There Were Big Consequences

Employee Spends Months Building Alert System For The Company, But Then The Bosses Try To Use A.I. To Replace It

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