this isn't my fault...

[pontifex]

we have this old server that is dying so we need to move stuff to another server and then remap the drives on the client PCs. boss gives that task to me.

I proceed to look into the issue and then determine that I need to actually sit down and think this through because it will affect/involve lots of users.

so between thinking about how i need to do this, doing other things, and just plain being lazy or forgetting some time goes by and I finally decide how I am going to tackle the situation. I describe my plan to the boss and he says ok, sounds good.

so after a few days i make the change on the server, so now i need to change it on the client pcs. i did this yesterday and takes me pretty much all afternoon to do it.

everything goes by without a problem, no one has any complaints until today. apparently a few users have some sort of software (that i wasn't aware of and my boss didn't tell me about) that is pointing to the old server, so they are mapped to the new server but this software is still going to the old and is changing files on the old server.

luckily we only had to make changes to these few guys but he got kind of pissed at me that i did it and i'm just like, a) you told me to run with it and it was ok and b) i had no idea about this other software. just another notch to the pole for things like this.

 

[KLin]

Rule #1: The boss is always right.
Rule #2: If the boss is ever wrong, see rule #1.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: KLin
Rule #1: The boss is always right.
Rule #2: If the boss is ever wrong, see rule #1.

thats exactly how it works around here.
even if i try to correct him on something that is blatantly wrong, he's still right or somehow i don't know what i'm talking about.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: KLin
Rule #1: The boss is always right.
Rule #2: If the boss is ever wrong, see rule #1.

thats exactly how it works around here.
even if i try to correct him on something that is blatantly wrong, he's still right or somehow i don't know what i'm talking about.

All sh!tty bosses are like that.

 

[theknight571]

Perhaps it's time to create an inventory of all of the applications in the office, what they do, who uses them, what servers they reside on / interact with.

We do this, only not on a global scale, during our projects. It helps. It also helps to meet with area (department) representatives and get their sign off on projects.

Sounds like overkill...but its a good CYA process.

We run into alot of undocumentated data sharing when we move servers and/or data.

 

[MisterJackson]

Dude, I work for a small company and I have a personal friendship type relationship with both of my bosses. That gets me in trouble from time to time as I have trouble remembering if they make the same mistake I do it's okay. When I do it, it's not okay.

For example, boss A fussing "If you don't start filling out blah blah blah I'm going to....and I'm tired of bringing this up.". the fact that theiy're USELESS forms and that HE doesn't fill them out either doesn't matter, he's the boss.

It's the biggest waste of time ever when sh1t like this happens, but you learn to adapt or find another place to work. Bullsh1t is everywhere though, you won't escape it by going from one job to another.

 

[SampSon]

This is business as normal in the real world.

Also, why wouldn't you just write a login script that automatically maps the drives on the client PCs?
If you actually took the time to go to every PC and remap the drives, I think they need to hire a new admin. 😉

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Dude, I work for a small company and I have a personal friendship type relationship with both of my bosses. That gets me in trouble from time to time as I have trouble remembering if they make the same mistake I do it's okay. When I do it, it's not okay.

For example, boss A fussing "If you don't start filling out blah blah blah I'm going to....and I'm tired of bringing this up.". the fact that theiy're USELESS forms and that HE doesn't fill them out either doesn't matter, he's the boss.

It's the biggest waste of time ever when sh1t like this happens, but you learn to adapt or find another place to work. Bullsh1t is everywhere though, you won't escape it by going from one job to another.

yeah i know, thats the sucky part. i really didn't get taught about anything for this job. its liek they just assumed i knew everything they used or i was shown as problems arose. there's still stuff i don't quite understand.

what really gets me is that lots of times he says i'll let you take care of this or that, you can handle it, but then if i don't do it exactly the way he wants it, he gets mad.

and i've been looking for another job forever but this whole area sucks for IT jobs.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: SampSon
This is business as normal in the real world.

Also, why wouldn't you just write a login script that automatically maps the drives on the client PCs?
If you actually took the time to go to every PC and remap the drives, I think they need to hire a new admin. 😉

i don't know how to write a script and i'm not sure it would work on our network (seriously, its really set up weird). besides, even if i did, my boss would get pissed that i did that and tell me to manually do it anyway.

if you guys saw how he runs the IT stuff, it would blow your mind. I'm still trying to figure out why he does things the way he does them. i'm not even sure that there is a reason.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: SampSon
This is business as normal in the real world.

Also, why wouldn't you just write a login script that automatically maps the drives on the client PCs?
If you actually took the time to go to every PC and remap the drives, I think they need to hire a new admin. 😉

i don't know how to write a script and i'm not sure it would work on our network (seriously, its really set up weird). besides, even if i did, my boss would get pissed that i did that and tell me to manually do it anyway.

1. Create an Active Directory domain
2. Create userID's for everyone, and reference login.bat in their profile.
3. join everyone's PC to newly created domain
4. Create a file called login.bat and put under \\domaincontroller\sysvol\domainname\scripts
5. Open login.bat in notepad and type NET USE G: \\servername\share in the login script (repeat for each drive that they need).
6. ...
7. PROFIT.

 

[altonb1]

How many users are on your network? manually mapping drives like you do is a horrible way to do it.

 

[pontifex]

oh, about 60 users.
i know its a horrible way to do it but my boss will not do it any other way. if i even suggest doing it another way he says no and gets mad that i even suggested it.

and guess what i had to do today? remap everyone back to the old server! i would quit in a heartbeat if i could get another job that paid the same or close to it but everything out there will be a $8000-13000 a year paycut (for a tech support job). can't find anything else that i am qualified to do.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: pontifex
oh, about 60 users.
i know its a horrible way to do it but my boss will not do it any other way. if i even suggest doing it another way he says no and gets mad that i even suggested it.

and guess what i had to do today? remap everyone back to the old server! i would quit in a heartbeat if i could get another job that paid the same or close to it but everything out there will be a $8000-13000 a year paycut (for a tech support job). can't find anything else that i am qualified to do.

your boss would get mad that you were being more efficient with your time that he's paying you for?

i'm sorry, but i smell an excuse...or a blithering idiot for a boss 😛

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: pontifex
oh, about 60 users.
i know its a horrible way to do it but my boss will not do it any other way. if i even suggest doing it another way he says no and gets mad that i even suggested it.

and guess what i had to do today? remap everyone back to the old server! i would quit in a heartbeat if i could get another job that paid the same or close to it but everything out there will be a $8000-13000 a year paycut (for a tech support job). can't find anything else that i am qualified to do.

your boss would get mad that you were being more efficient with your time that he's paying you for?

i'm sorry, but i smell an excuse...or a blithering idiot for a boss 😛

ding ding ding! we have a winner!