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The Oklahoma Department of Education can't log in to its own website because the person who had the password left and didn't give it to anyone. They haven't been able to login for 2 years. (nitter.poast.org)

submitted 6 months ago by Wertheimer@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] CoolYori@hexbear.net 85 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IT Staff: "Hey this person is leaving should we do knowledge transfer?"

People running things: "Naw IT is a waste of money and does nothing. Why would we want to waste more money to pay someone to explain how the system works?"

This conversation has happened a non zero amount of times in my life.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 56 points 6 months ago

My favorite was that "IT is a waste of money because it doesn't make any SALES" at a retail chain. Never mind who was maintaining the point of sale software, the company's wholesale and retail e-commerce websites, the corp office inventory databases and integrations from the remote POSes, etc.

Naw, it's not a team effort in the slightest. Just shit on anyone who doesn't work on commission.

Fucking boomer petty tyrants.

[-] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

This whole internet thing is a fad you know? Won’t last the next quarter

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 6 months ago

"if I can't see how busy they're working, they can't be doing much"

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

I think it's actually the most common sentiment among those who decide such things. It's only the commitment of the IT people to doing decent work that keeps those things from falling apart.