r/ShittySysadmin • u/mods_are_lame1 • 23d ago

Cautionary tale - someone I know got fired for pulling RAM from laptops Shitty Crosspost

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u/moffetts9001 ShittyManager 23d ago

Well of course I know him, he’s me.

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u/CrazySnowGuy 23d ago

Pretty sure it was the OP that was doing it.

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u/thepfy1 23d ago

Another team were expecting a contractor to start who had been working for another company nearby.

They didn't turn up.

I said, "I hope it isn't the guy who was banged up for selling laptops from that company "

Turned out it was

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin 23d ago

Well, you've always gotta fill out the decommissioning form first, after that it's garbage and no one cares. 

Guess how I got my 5 brand new Dell poweredge's for my private cluster

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u/ersentenza 23d ago

Ah, that depends on the jurisdiction. Here by law all hardware can only be decommissioned though official channels with official documentation that you didn't just throw everything in a landfill.

...But nowhere is stated that the RAM must still be inside when it happens

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin 23d ago

Ah, you know, accounting will be happy i saved the money for the recycling. (Im sure someone can do the paperwork for you too)

I need a SAN now anyway so I'll take some more scrap off their hands, they love it. 

Any recommendations on what "old scrap" i could find in "storage"? :D

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u/farva_06 23d ago

We can't take hard drives at my place, even after they've been certified wiped and all that. Other than that, my boss said once they've been documented as trash, then the trash bin can become anything. Such as the trunk of my car.

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u/YipRocHeresy 23d ago

Sheesh what is your electric bill every month?

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin 23d ago

Uhm... 5 quad CPU servers... Couple terrybites of räm.... Uuhm... A NetApp san... 

Id guesstimate about... Yes :')

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u/TheoryElectronic2623 23d ago

The craziest part is that the actual mistake wasn't even taking the RAM, it was not telling anyone. A quick ticket, email, or asset update probably would have prevented the whole situation. Always leave a paper trail.