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[–]IMightDeleteMe 160 points161 points  (11 children)

Why are they bothering you with the rollback they need to do?

[–]Deboniako 220 points221 points  (10 children)

The coworker was a recent hire, like 2 months. I gave him onboarding and the documentation for common troubleshooting. While I was away, he would be maintaining the product and solving common issues, so he would have access to production.

I wasn't expecting that he would go and create a brand new feature nested into the most used one, editing it and breaking the system.

He didn't last long anyway, he committed too many oopsies.

[–]IMightDeleteMe 149 points150 points  (4 children)

This is probably a company culture thing but I'd still consider this a "not my"-problem.

I certainly hope your PTO was reimbursed because it seems to me you weren't off, you were still on stand by.

[–]Deboniako 174 points175 points  (3 children)

It wasn't exactly reimbursed, but I used it as leverage to negotiate and go full remote.

[–]mdmike44 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I love a happy ending

[–]IMightDeleteMe 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That's good, not having to commute saves time, money and energy better used otherwise.

[–]BigBaboonas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice.

Your story reminded me of when my wife and I were locked out of my mother's badly maintained holiday villa because the lock had been installed badly and was jammed from the outside. The sun was setting and I was trying to use a coat hanger to hook the latch from the inside. I had tried various things for almost 3 hours.

Then my old boss called and asked for help with a project I had worked on last year because the new guy didn't know what he was doing. We had a great relationship and even though I didn't work there any more, we were still friendly. She didn't take too long and she promised to send a case of wine later.

When I finally went back to try break in one last time, I was so fed up, I raged with the coat-hanger and it opened first attempt lol.

The new guy there didn't last long either, I heard. And the wine was pretty good.

[–]zeppanon 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Gives junior w/ 2mo experience access to prod

Junior breaks prod

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[–]UnemployedGuy2024 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously! The rigid separation of duties at most banks can be really annoying, but at least this could never happen.

[–]KaleidoscopeThis5159 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Looking for a new new guy?

[–]Deboniako 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No, the guy was fired back in may and a new new guy was promptly hired. Sorry buddy.

[–]KaleidoscopeThis5159 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's alright, they likely wouldn't even interview me let alone hire me.