What’s my Job?
What if I did a report and no one noticed?
Well, two days ago, that’s just what happened. I do the regular check of all the backups for our company. I mean everything. I check all our local servers as well as all 35+ remote servers. Then, of course, I do up a report in Excel and e-mail it to everyone. Seems fairly important, right? Hmm, maybe not. On Tuesday, I was up to my ass in alligators and was all the way home before I realized that I hadn’t sent the report out. I created it and dealt with most, if not all, of the problems on it, but I never sent the e-mail.
But no one noticed!
So, why do I send out the stupid report? Why did I get chewed out a couple of months ago for not doing it “right”, even if I was doing it the way I was “trained” to do it? If a network admin falls in the forest and upper management isn’t there to hear him, does his resume make any sound?
Well, at least it’s a job.
In the server room, no one can hear your screams.
Couldn’t you just copy paste the previous days report?
Or subtlely change it with rude words to see if anyone actually reads the thing?
Actually, I *do* copy the previous day’s report, then change the results. I still feel compelled to do the actual work, though. I’m funny that way about backups.
OTH, I like the suggestion about “rude words”. I wonder how many days it would take for anyone to catch on?
Might be fun to make up a location in, say Kalamzoo or Ethshar of the Sands, and see if anyone notices.