New hire ruins 9 months of employee work, management sign off on her actions: 'I can't even blame her'

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  • Close-up of a woman drawing on a tablet in front of a computer screen
  • New girl broke 9 months of work in one day.

    I work at a small agency that's been going through some serious growing pains, or honestly, shrinking pains. Since I started nine months ago, our team has downsized dramatically, which has led to constant staffing changes and a lot of chaos.
  • We recently hired someone new with very little marketing experience. Yesterday, she was asked to move client folders from one Google Drive to another. I originally set the system up through the Finder extension so files would stay cloud-based and protected, especially since we use personal laptops and our project files are too large to store locally.
  • While working remotely, I suddenly noticed my InDesign files had broken links and wouldn't save. I called her, and she explained she'd been told to move everything over. At first, I figured it would be an easy fix.
  • A woman sits at a desk with a drawing tablet and a color palette
  • This morning, I opened the new folder and realized every single file had been dumped into one massive client folder. Nine months of organized assets, working files, and project folders are now completely mixed together.
  • The worst part is I can't even blame her. She didn't know what she was doing. I'm frustrated with leadership for continuing to throw the agency into chaos without proper systems or guidance in place.
  • Side note: The person who told her to do this is our owner. Everyone is quitting because of him, and he often brags to other employees about how he soft bu es people into quitting so he doesn't have to fire them. What a guy. SO uh...if you know of any places hiring any type of creative, lemme know.
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  • uckfu That totally s ks and it's why you never trust someone new to understand an organization's filing system.
  • But, I have to ask, how big are these files? I'm the type to save locally and back up on the server. One, too much lag. Two, never trust non-designers that have access to INDD packages.
  • jwawak23 it's a shame when an owner doesn't understand how technology works.
  • scifi887 Crazy in this day and age you dont have backup redundancy.. Even as a freelancer I have a three tier bakcup system (Google Drive, Long term storage on NAS and SSD split over two machines for active projects).
  • OptimalCreme9847 you don't wanna come to my job, my boss is similar to yours
  • eeeBs Let me know when the new girl needs another job. I want to hire her here where I work so she can nuke this place too, they deserve it.
  • rhaizee Time for a new job..
  • Real-Boss6760 An agency where everyone uses their own personal computers? Sounds like chaos from the start. I wish you the best!
  • wherever-it-may-lead Speak to whoever admins Google Workspace for you, they should be able to restore files and folder structures to a specific date and time from the last 25 days. Good luck.

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