unfunking real....

[vi edit]

Today is my last day of work with the company I've worked for the last five years.

I'm actually not even in the office today because I worked 60 hours last week when I was supposed to be on vacation...I'm 2.5 hours from the office...

anyway....

This morning at 8:30 I get a call from the office in Iowa...internet is down. Reset the router. Reset the firewall. Nothing. Call up the ISP. Big piece of networking in equipment in Chicago blew up and knocked out all the broadband circuits in the midwest.

Yay.

Nothing I can do.

Fastwork 15 minutes. Get another call from the IA office. All the power in the office is out. Utility company just severed all power lines running to the office.

UPS's are squeeling...machines are powering off...users are freaking out ect...have them shut everything down and just wait for the power company get out and get things fixed.

15 minutes later....

My Arizona office calls....

Office got broke into this weekend. Stole my application/Active Directory server. Stole a handful of laptops and some 17" LCD's and docking stations.

I do a weekly offline backup down there on data and lost that weeks worth of data on the file server and through the week I just write to a seperate array on the server. So I lost all the online backups for the week and have to pull from last weeks offline. I've got to set up a new application server so we can function for next week and I'm 2000 miles away.

What a fscking way to end your employement.

 

[chowmein]

seems like everyone is having a bad day.

 

[sixone]

Imagine if you had to go back tomorrow...

 

[IAteYourMother]

you're sick

 

[royaldank]

Guess calling in "sick" wasn't an option. Hey, at least you're done after today, right?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Give them the phone number of your replacement. What do you care at this point?

 

[Demo24]

wow!

 

[Armitage]

Sounds like it's not your problem anymore.
I mean, don't be a prick about it - do what you can without blowing a fuse. But it's now an SEP

 

[feelingshorter]

hell...

 

[skyking]

talk about a SH!TSTORM!!!
Why are you moving on? Is this the company's bad karma a day early?

 

[CRXican]

who cares

I wouldn't do sh1t

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: sixone
Imagine if you had to go back tomorrow...

The thought that he doesn't is probably the only thing keeping him sane at this point.. :thumbsup:

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: CRXican
who cares

I wouldn't do sh1t

vi_edit is very successful in his career, and there's a reason. The reason is he doesn't have an attitude like yours.

 

[vi edit]

And to add insult to injury I'm rebuilding the sever via TS from a 28.8 dial up connection.

 

[Sphexi]

Sounds like a case of the Monday's.


Seriously though, unless you have a pressing commitment to a new job within the next few days, spend the time to fix everything, make sure it's all good to go, so when you get to your new job (or anytime in the future) you'll have a glowing report from your current/ex employer to help out.

 

[dquan97]

If you're leaving on good terms, fix the problems before you go, unless it'll take an unreasonable time period.

 

[skace]

- Iowa office needs to wait for the ISP to fix conditions
- IA office needs someone assigned to powering everything up when power comes back
- Your replacement needs to start building a new AD server
- You get to sit back and not care

 

[So]

Wow. don't stay late. :evil:

 

[dsfunk]

:beer: Here's to us.

my last day too.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Problem #3 is very scary. That's almost like the worst case scenario.

What does one get out of stealing and AD server?

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Problem #3 is very scary. That's almost like the worst case scenario.

What does one get out of stealing and AD server?

hopefully at least 5 to 10

 

[gsellis]

Good luck to you.

Hopefully, you will get my last few bosses at your new job. Vacation means no pager / phone calls.

 

[SilverTorch]

wow, sorry to hear that

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: CRXican
who cares

I wouldn't do sh1t

vi_edit is very successful in his career, and there's a reason. The reason is he doesn't have an attitude like yours.

:thumbsup:

 

[Lifted]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Office got broke into this weekend. Stole my application/Active Directory server.

Secure servers aren't stolen by random thefts of office equipment. I'm guessing this was a result of management ignoring your request to secure the server, which you should make clear as your replacement will be knocking you to no end for today's events. The classic "the person here before me didn't know what they were doing!"

Here, have mine. :beer: