Clueless sales rep tries to circumvent the IT support crew claiming he 'knows what he's doing', then he single-handedly destroys all of the electronics on their floor: 'He really went all out'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 10, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Machismo new hires can be the bane of the office floor. This new sales rep was decidedly arrogant when he came into the new workplace, strutting around like he knew exactly what he was doing when instead, he was destroying all of the computers in the department. 

When you're new in an office environment, it's hard not to feel the pressure of expectations. As the new kid on the block, everyone feels like they have something to prove, but if you're barking up the wrong tree in the wrong department, you're bound to find yourself in a situation where you're completely out of your wheelhouse. At that point, most level-headed new hires would let the pros handle their expertise, but this guy in our next story, a transplant from the sales floor, thought that he could out-tech the IT crew. 

Except, instead of proving that he was as capable as the electronics specialists downstairs, he caused thousands in damages and ruined the electronics on an entire floor in one fell swoop. Should have stayed in your lane, buddy!

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    He came saw and conquered Short So I'm an IT-Administrator working for a company in the automotive industry and we recently hired a new head of sales.
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    The Guy was.. lets say very motivated in every single aspect. So, he decided to simple do a complete changeover of all the hardware in his department that was originally scheduled by us all by himself. In some cases I would appreciate this kind of help but in that case he really went all out.
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    The Guy was.. lets say very motivated in every single aspect. So, he decided to simple do a complete changeover of all the hardware in his
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    department that was originally scheduled by us all by himself. In some cases I would appreciate this kind of help but in that case he really went all out.
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    He simply removed whole network sockets with a screwdriver because he couldnt figure out how to get the cable of of the sockets.
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    But my personal highlight was him simply trying to remove a power strip mounted to a conference table.
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    He assured me he did do this before and about 2 mins after that sentence, all the power in the building went out which led to us
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    restart everything in waves since just putting the power fuse back in position would '´nt work (everything would try to start at the same time)
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    The end of the story is that he got a ban from doing anything technical by himself again. Help is nice, but only if you know what you're doing!
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    Gadgetman 1 I would have been banging on the door to HR the moment he started on the network sockets. Getting those replaced is expensive!
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    Xeon Vega OP Yup, unfortunatly I saw it after the damage was already done, I found it funny at first because it was so unbelievably stupid
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    SidratFlush He wasn't immediately fired and escorted from the building?
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    Xeon Vega OP No, actually it was his first week at the company and HR saw it more like "wanting to help the company/us"
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    ManosVanBoom What did he do with the power strip to cause the outage?
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    XeonVega OP He tried to unscrew some of the screws at the power strip while not turning of the power first
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    Reinventing Wheels Are you sure this guy wasn't a mole working for your competition, trying to bring down your whole operation?
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