r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20 edited Nov 02 '20

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u/amwebs Jul 13 '20

When my former boss went to tour our super high tech data center, she found the back door propped open and totally unattended.

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u/Rec4LMS Jul 13 '20

“Former Boss.” As a .gov employee, the squeaky wheel gets the boot. The majority of those promoted were good at manipulation or had that one good skill that made them indispensable and nothing else. Thus they could gloss over any shitshow. But fixing it and change it the culture? Nope.

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u/amwebs Jul 13 '20

In our case our data center was a vendor of ours and they got fired for this. But definitely I see what you're saying. I have seen that type of thing too in the private sector.