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‘Guess I’ll delete everything': Employee retires and deletes all of client's files, company doesn't have a backup

To work in IT, you need an elephant's skin. This person recounted their struggles as an IT admin at a tiny MSP… and it wasn't pretty.

A former colleague of theirs, known for poor judgment, left behind a ticking time bomb: a client's infrastructure in shambles. The server ran an obsolete operating system, backups were faulty, and crucial data was stored on the same drive as the vulnerable OS. The client, averse to upgrades, exemplified the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality, even when presented with evidence of malfunctioning systems. You can see where this is going.

This situation reached a boiling point when the client's data vanished. Can't say I didn't see that one coming. The blame landed on… surprise again… the IT admin who had replaced the incompetent dude. Well, that just wouldn't do! Why should he take the fall if he wasn't responsible for it in the first place? Scroll down to read what happened.

Then, here is a story about a teenager whose sister stole their mother's pocket money that was supposed to get him home from an exam.

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