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Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Guest hacks into hotel's network and optimizes their entire system after seeing how slow the WiFi is, refuses to get compensated: 'Manager was torn between being grateful and concerned’

Guest hacks into hotel's network and optimizes their entire system after seeing how slow the WiFi is, refuses to get compensated: 'Manager was torn between being grateful and concerned’

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Boss demands IT send "detailed daily reports" for everything little task they do on the job, IT sends an 87-page novel in response: ‘8:02 AM: Logged into system’

Boss demands IT send "detailed daily reports" for everything little task they do on the job, IT sends an 87-page novel in response: ‘8:02 AM: Logged into system’

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Micromanager bans personal phones at his IT team's desks, but his attempt at control backfires when there's a server crash at 4:45 PM on Friday: 'I was just following policy to avoid a write-up'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mid-sized marketing firm outsources IT firing the single employee who had been there for 4 years, he gets a job paying $20k more: 'The first week after I left, their main server crashed. The outsourced company took 6 hours to respond, another 8 to fix it'

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Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Elna McHilderson

Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

Loyal employee of 10+ years gets made ‘redundant’ so company's nepo baby employees can climb the latter, gets a new job that Friday and leaves old boss on read: 'The equipment was all signed into my personal emails…'

Elna McHilderson

Non-tech manager gets power hunger with IT department, ends up eating his own tail when employees maliciously comply and anger company's VP: ‘[He] thought it was a Fortune 500.’

Non-tech manager gets power hunger with IT department, ends up eating his own tail when employees maliciously comply and anger company's VP: ‘[He] thought it was a Fortune 500.’

Elna McHilderson

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Non-tech savvy office mom accidentally becomes unofficial head of IT by fixing the Wi-Fi with a bag of frozen peas: ‘Someone asked if I could “optimize the cloud.” I told him I optimize casseroles.’

Non-tech savvy office mom accidentally becomes unofficial head of IT by fixing the Wi-Fi with a bag of frozen peas: ‘Someone asked if I could “optimize the cloud.” I told him I optimize casseroles.’

Elna McHilderson

‘I was shaking [with laughter]:’ Freelance web designer gets stiffed on the bill, uses a hosting provider error that has nothing to do with him to get the $1,500 he earned

‘I was shaking [with laughter]:’ Freelance web designer gets stiffed on the bill, uses a hosting provider error that has nothing to do with him to get the $1,500 he earned

Elna McHilderson

Gen X has real-life 'Revenge of the Nerds' moment when he uses his computer smarts to redirect 1,000+ junk mail letters to his college nemesis: 'An evil scheme unique to his talents and skills.'

Gen X has real-life 'Revenge of the Nerds' moment when he uses his computer smarts to redirect 1,000+ junk mail letters to his college nemesis: 'An evil scheme unique to his talents and skills.'

Elna McHilderson

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'Don't mess with IT folks': Entitled employee unapologetically makes his coworker cry, so IT makes his job a living nightmare until he apologizes

'Don't mess with IT folks': Entitled employee unapologetically makes his coworker cry, so IT makes his job a living nightmare until he apologizes

Elna McHilderson

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IT teams tries to warn boss after she bans employees from multitasking, higher-ups step in and fire her when productivity tanks: 'We just followed the rules'

20+ IT workers discuss how they would respond to unrealistic demands from the CEO: ‘That choice is a couple of pay grades too high for me to make’

20+ IT workers discuss how they would respond to unrealistic demands from the CEO: ‘That choice is a couple of pay grades too high for me to make’

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Employee offers to fix store's computer, boss refuses and calls a professional, only to reach the same employee and pay X4 the rate: ‘You fool, I am the professional’

Employee offers to fix store's computer, boss refuses and calls a professional, only to reach the same employee and pay X4 the rate: ‘You fool, I am the professional’

‘This time I decided to maliciously comply': Karen employee pushes co-worker to his limits with irrelevant complaints, so he gets her locked out of her important documents

‘This time I decided to maliciously comply': Karen employee pushes co-worker to his limits with irrelevant complaints, so he gets her locked out of her important documents

Elna McHilderson

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HOA sends non-HOA homeowner a letter demanding her to follow all HOA rules because her home's previous owner agreed to do so: ‘[They said] I still have to follow them’

HOA sends non-HOA homeowner a letter demanding her to follow all HOA rules because her home's previous owner agreed to do so: ‘[They said] I still have to follow them’

High school teenager gets even with administrators who tried to prevent them from going to college: 'The principal and vice principal call to talk. I wasn't interested'

High school teenager gets even with administrators who tried to prevent them from going to college: 'The principal and vice principal call to talk. I wasn't interested'

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Woman learns her mother-in-law is rearranging her kitchen while she's 5,000 miles away on vacation for her anniversary: 'She’s just casually Marie Kondo-ing my workspace,sa she’ll spend a week in'

Woman learns her mother-in-law is rearranging her kitchen while she's 5,000 miles away on vacation for her anniversary: 'She’s just casually Marie Kondo-ing my workspace,sa she’ll spend a week in'

City lawyer ends her friendship with longtime teacher bestie after her arrogance, competitiveness, and constant belittling finally cross the line: ‘She thinks being a teacher is the only "real" job that actually makes an impact’

City lawyer ends her friendship with longtime teacher bestie after her arrogance, competitiveness, and constant belittling finally cross the line: ‘She thinks being a teacher is the only "real" job that actually makes an impact’

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

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