Tech

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Bar Mor Hazut

Woman tells roommate she's going to charge him for any future IT help due to his "learned incompetence": '[He] just sits there and wait[s] for someone else to fix it'

Brad Dickson

27 Secret Messages Engineers Hid for Inquisitive Technology Enthusiasts That’ll Get You Deconstructing Gadgets in No Time

Etai Eshet

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’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘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

Coworker complains about tech support worker getting credit for their unfinished jobs, forced to finish them himself: 'So now, he’s doing twice, sometimes 3 times the work, all because he wanted full credit for partial results'

Brad Dickson

Boss demands software service rep stick to the script causing client catastrophe: 'My boss said, "Just follow the script"… so I did—all the way to a million-dollar client meltdown'

Brad Dickson

IT Guy gets back at a hacker by hacking them back, beating them at their own game: 'I took every single online account he had'

Brad Dickson

Employee denied raise and told they're replaceable after becoming sole engineer on a project, costs the company big when they quit: '$500,000 and two years of productivity over a $40,000/yr raise'

Brad Dickson

‘So it's my fault you can't save a file?’: Boomer boss blames IT employee for losing important work data, despite boss never saving his progress, leading to an office dispute

Bar Mor Hazut

'They paid $23 million a couple years later': Guy gets back at major dating app for predatory billing practices after being denied a simple $45 refund

Brad Dickson

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'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Developer embarrasses new boss and gets foolish "no overtime" policy overturned by adhering strictly to it: 'Well, it's 4:30. That's my 8 hours. I'll see you tomorrow'

Brad Dickson

Software giant fires last developer capable of servicing $25M contract in short-sighted cost-cutting measure, he successfully negotiates $1M/yr consulting fees:'Never fire the last legacy knowledge guy...'

Brad Dickson

'AI should not replace human tasks': Opportunistic AI creators are making the internet worse

Remy Millisky

HR refuses to give developer raise by downplaying their work, forced to eat their words when their software stops working

Brad Dickson