That's not my job!

kelseaforacrodex · 2017-02-23T19:39:13.000Z

Whether you’re a helpdesk tech or a Sys Admin, it’s safe to say we’ve all been asked to do something that’s not in our job description, whether it be from your boss or from users!

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What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve been asked to do outside of your job description)

A personal favorite of mine (from my last job) was to be in charge of cleaning out the coffee grounds weekly. No thanks.

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rebootssolveproblems · 2017-02-23T19:46:31.000Z

I got asked to clean out the fridge. No Joke. First two weeks of work I got asked to investigate the fridge and clean up the mess.

@epaschal

cameronfrost · 2017-02-23T19:48:35.000Z

Right now ontop of being IT, I am managing our warehouse inventory team, Loading the trucks, Moving thousands of pounds worth of acrylic pallets ect ect.

Beat that one humans lol

trevorprice · 2017-02-23T19:58:18.000Z

I’m actually fairly lucky in this regard, I think the only thing that’s not really “my job” would be that I change the lightbulbs for the office. Could definitely be asking worse of me so I just suck it up. haha.

stevedaniels2 · 2017-02-23T20:01:27.000Z

I was asked to lead an encounter group for a bunch of high school students.

First off, no. Secondly, THOSE PEOPLE KNEW ME, AND ASKED ME ANYWAY! Seriously, you want ME to lead a bunch of impressionable kids in some sort of self discovery exercise?! SICK!*

*I’m going to start writing like Drumpf.

biscuitking · 2017-02-23T20:04:36.000Z

Killing wasps, check the battery charger on the boss’s car, move furniture.

bob-13 · 2017-02-23T20:09:48.000Z

I got asked to disassemble, and reassemble workstations… as in cubicles so the “Building” could have the “water heating” … system fixed.

Basically we had to get rid of 3 desks against window so maintenance can get to the heating system.

oh yeah and, inflating a tire on a car in the parkade.

kirkwennerstrom7971 · 2017-02-23T20:11:27.000Z

Fixing the boss’s showerhead (he was nice enough to bring it into work for me).

Driving a forklift when the warehouse got too busy.

Otherwise, the “usual stuff” of fixing anything that uses electricity, even if only peripherally.

(i.e. - if it’s a machine, and there’s a wire ANYWHERE in the machine…).

jpadillar · 2017-02-23T20:15:14.000Z

I have been asked by my users to help in changing car battery, car wipers and I am a member of the Leadership Development group for the Sales Team ( go figure).

zocs · 2017-02-23T20:15:33.000Z

We all take turns cleaning our breakroom…but that’s expected even if it isn’t our jobs.

anastasiavashkevich · 2017-02-23T20:16:07.000Z

Fixed a hole in the floor. To be fair, I walked into that one myself (ha! … ), no one asked me to fix it. The floor is raised, to allow for cabling to run underneath and the hole was patched previously (not by me) with a flimsy piece of wood, to replace a power block thing that was moved to a different part of the floor… and the hole was right next to my desk. After about 15 minutes of scouring the office for an appropriately sized piece of wood and not finding it, I realized that this isn’t actually my job and i can call the building maintenance. … Called them, they “fixed” it with the same flimsy piece of wood flipped over… now the problem has returned… I am brining an appropriate piece of wood tomorrow… XD

geekuilibrium · 2017-02-23T20:19:36.000Z

I had to mount a lock plate and padlock on the side of a glass cabinet to protect the new time capsule that was on display. I never bothered to explain that the other side of the cabinet opened as well. 3 years later and it still doesn’t have another lock. I think that’s probably my proudest moment of malicious compliance.

kirkwennerstrom7971 · 2017-02-23T20:26:34.000Z

Geekuilibrium:

I had to mount a lock plate and padlock on the side of a glass cabinet to protect the new time capsule that was on display. I never bothered to explain that the other side of the cabinet opened as well. 3 years later and it still doesn’t have another lock. I think that’s probably my proudest moment of malicious compliance.

“malicious compliance” - I’m stealing that phrase!

mrbadguy · 2017-02-23T20:31:43.000Z

Sorting 120 out-of-company-people’s mail daily for a post office contract still in effect at our new location, buying chicken meat in bulk in person for the boss, unloading and cutting a Christmas tree until it was straight enough for the stand, babysitting, building websites and flash banners, photoshopping a bra off of a model since they didn’t want to pay royalties and only wanted the bra in the picture, ‘calming’ customers threatening violence against other employees, pest control, janitorial services, and helping dispose of over 50 lbs of chocolate and nuts from a freezer unit (Not in the way that would be fun). That’s a few I can think of off the top of my head from my old place.

stevenweber · 2017-02-23T20:38:20.000Z

Usually if it has electricity running through it it’s IT. Car charger from home isn’t working? IT can fix it. (and I did solder it back together).

Putting in electronic locks? IT can figure it out. Did the breaker flip because someone plugged something in somewhere? IT will figure it out.

Also, did someone just spot a rat near the server room? Or anywhere in the building? Could it be considered a “mouse”? IT. (I had to place rat traps throughout the building and chase one out of the server room).

I’ve also had to 1) Break padlocks off of out parking lot gates 2) Fix the plumbing under the sink.

james485 · 2017-02-23T20:46:40.000Z

Anything ranging from moving furniture, pest control, car mechanic, electrician, janitor, building maintenance, and etc.

zachmcgoogan · 2017-02-23T20:51:09.000Z

Put together new office chairs.
Hang new peg boards for HR.
Put together shelves to store old accounting documents.
Change florescent lights.

conormcgrath · 2017-02-23T20:56:39.000Z

Frostyck:

Right now ontop of being IT, I am managing our warehouse inventory team, Loading the trucks, Moving thousands of pounds worth of acrylic pallets ect ect.

Beat that one humans lol

I’m your huckleberry…a couple of the owners here bought into an apple packing plant a few months back and installed a hugely expensive piece of machinery that scans apples for defects and sorts them appropriately. It scans the apples in both RGB and infrared light to pick up defects on and beneath the skin. It works on a neural network and you have to train the machine on what to scan for, so if you put crap in you get crap out. Apparently it wasn’t configured correctly when it was set up and they’ve lost around $500K this year so far as a result, so they sent me in (with no apple\apple related machinery experience or training) to get it fixed and teach the production guys how to operate it correctly. So I’ve been teaching them how to train and operate this thing while I teach me how to train and operate it. So far so good but its been more than a little bit stressful.

Mike400 · 2017-02-23T21:00:32.000Z

Shoveling snow off the roof (tangentially IT as it prevented the roof from leaking into the server room)
parking cars
putting out a cigarette butt started fire on the front steps
plumbing - fortunately not toilet but rather sinks
assembling picnic furniture
loading soda machines (I was the backup for this)

evantuohy1019 · 2017-02-23T21:15:03.000Z

All the usual stuff like cleaning the kitchen (we have a roster with other departments), inflating tyres (4wd’er so have compressor in the vehicle), dropping people off at airports, vaccuming (getting new shop open in time) building desks etc.

Removing a snake* (coastal carpet python) from warehouse, hunstman spider from ladies loo.

Balked at shooting pigeons nesting inside a warehouse. Not wrecking expensive carbon fibre arrows on vermin.

I’ve removed lots of snakes over the years. Used to be part of my job. Please do not handle snakes.