@it.secure.tech: The “New Solution” that was supposed to make everyone’s life easier… 🫠 What is your favorite Tech solution fail? #IThumor #MSP #ITsupport #TechTok #SmallBusinessIT
Had a department buy software without any notice that required me to build 3 servers to support it - on my back about getting it done ASAP because they NEEDED it. I busted my ass to get it in place for them and then watched that application sit unused for 3 years until the license expired.
2026-06-30 17:46:08
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ChiliBean7 :
Our CFO had a meeting with an MSP without in-house IT because she wanted new servers. She didn’t realize we only have camera servers, a domain controller and DNS on-site. We still don’t know what servers she was trying to upgrade.
2026-06-30 04:52:32
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ElderlyGoose :
"We're moving to ai"
don't
"we've done it and now nothing works"
*walks away*
2026-07-01 16:10:26
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Lawrence Brewer :
my old company upgraded the entire phone system and provided IT with 4 days notice. we had 4 call centers internationally
2026-06-30 14:33:38
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NougatPls :
When you learn to stop giving a shit IT becomes an incredibly cathartic experience. To anyone out there who is new and getting started in IT, please, for the love god, do not give a shit.
2026-07-11 22:50:08
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Chayim :
followed up by urgent messages after hours for support. ugh
2026-06-30 15:16:32
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Mindless :
My old marketing department bought Salesforce licenses and pulled the company into cloud computing
2026-06-30 13:50:05
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Emanuel Johnson :
What gets me is they test stuff like this IN PRODUCTION like why don’t we actually TEST stuff and give us RESOURCES before it goes live as if we aren’t supporting the new solution lol
2026-06-30 15:58:07
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DreWillShotIt :
We dont even know the passwords so im not sure how to help
2026-06-30 12:00:39
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Skid Mark :
“I have to submit these changes for approval”. And now I’m going to drag my feet.
2026-06-30 00:09:30
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thugnificentfl :
Every single day, I wonder if leadership even likes "subject matter experts" at all.
2026-06-30 22:35:28
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Steve Jaron :
shared with the IT guy at work..he lol'd
2026-06-30 17:38:30
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Tulanpa :
If I’m not part of the project from the beginning, you’re on your own 🏃🏾♂️
2026-07-01 18:23:59
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roadhome0 :
Cloud migration. We lifted and shifted a product from on-prem to public cloud. Even after rebuilding EVERY service to be public cloud optimized, our annual spend was 14x the cost of on-prem.
2026-07-02 03:43:43
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djay.67 :
This what happened when they thought they could put up digital signage up in over 50 locations and not involve IT.
2026-07-04 19:52:05
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cornbreadcommunism :
i wish i could just wash my hands of it when that happens, but authority always overrides
2026-07-02 20:18:43
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Dtv :
The amount of times this happens is crazy, love getting 100 teams messages an hour after go live , check permissions, nothing mapped , so much much
2026-06-30 20:10:11
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mihedo :
VP Got a new supplier, supplier is yearly 1.5x more expensive, vp got a bonus 😅 what am I worried about some minor expenses
2026-07-01 20:50:18
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drago4444444 :
I manage a data center and this is my life. No one tells us nothing but yet equipment shows up on the loading dock with no information. Them weeks later someone emails asking if we received said equipment. Then the next question is can we install it now. No meeting no design documentation not cabling matrix but yet I have to get it on asap.
2026-07-02 09:08:05
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Lost_in_General :
My current feelings. Context, I am the ITSM platform owner. Someone else has decided their team will be doing all training on my platform from now on without consulting me for materials or content. It’s not going well.
2026-07-01 15:47:42
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HighTekRednek :
IT adjacent here, my department was asked to "supervise" while the building maintenance department electrician and his helpers added a Starlink dish for backup. It isn't connected to anything but a single laptop, added a new Wi-Fi said and network that is now interfering with the main one, and the fish sure 4 feet higher than the building's lightning rods. We're in a thunderstorm prone area. 🤣 Not our circus, not our monkeys.
2026-06-30 09:45:21
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SirHeadly84 :
We had a remote site who decided thatbthey were going to remodel, cut out existing wiring, and change the orientation of a room without contacting IT or AV. They let us know AFTER construction was done, walls were up, concrete was poured, etc. We laughed. They had their wire drop hanging inbthe middle of the room. They saud that they "only needed a tv and computer". didn't think about adding speakers abd wiring to the newly built renovation. They also didn't put in any conduit or any means to get wiring to their new podium location. My boss and i literally laughed at them. And the go live date has already passed. You couldn't have put on on a c130 with a pallet full of equipment and got it sorted out. because again.. concrete floor.. no walls near the podium, etc. Not sure what they ended up doing. But not my problem. 🤷♂️🤣
2026-06-30 15:28:42
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朝天椒 :
yep
2026-08-20 01:50:13
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The-Jabberwolf :
I got into a yelling match with the CTO exactly because of this 😂.
2026-08-12 21:48:11
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wrebeckuhhh :
ngl they bought a licensefor a new app for a tablet that cost our warranty dept millions because repair orders were incomplete and couldn't be submitted for reimbursement. they wanted videos and I asked my IT guy can we just send them a process log from a mechanic tablet? no. they need to get with engineering- not the analyst coordinator
2026-08-25 18:48:12
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