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‘Everyone left the company on my first day’: New hire gets left in charge of IT systems after everyone quits

‘Everyone left the company on my first day’: New hire gets left in charge of IT systems after everyone quits

When getting hired by a company, the last thing you'd imagine to happen would be everyone leaving on your first day. But that's what happened to u/mTbzz, who was hired as a sysadmin. This company was using some pretty obscure software from IBM, so OP was walked through it. He even met the other 2 senior sysadmins and they had a good talk about experiences and the job. The next day OP found out that all three of these people would no longer be working at the company, and he was left with systems…
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'I disabled the internet for the entire company': Boss demands IT manager disable internet for employees, IT manager shuts down internet for entire company

'I disabled the internet for the entire company': Boss demands IT manager disable internet for employees, IT manager shuts down internet for entire company

Management seems to have a different set of rules for themselves, on the one hand, they are allowed to do whatever they want, even if it goes against company guidelines, yet employees caught behaving, in the same manner, will be immediately given the boot. In this case, OP was working part-time as an IT manager for a small company, as OP was still in University finishing their degree. OP described the management team as extremely incompetent, as they would browse the internet for personal shopp…
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‘I don't work for you anymore': IT manager quits, then cuts off entire company's internet service, leading to company 3 day shutdown

‘I don't work for you anymore': IT manager quits, then cuts off entire company's internet service, leading to company 3 day shutdown

Companies need to be careful with who they pick when searching for a job candidate to work in a managerial role, as often their choice can make or break a team. In this case, OP was an IT manager for a company that was searching for a successor to run the store in the owner's place. Soon enough, they found a 'worthy candidate', but the candidate in question turned out to be not only terrible at running the show but was also rude and entitled overall as a person. This resulted in 15 employees qu…
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IT Manager Explains to Clueless Directors Why Abolishing WFH is Causing Staff to Leave

It's time companies started coming to terms with this.
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