About 7 months ago this unique tech was hired in.
It soon became clear to any of us with half a brain that he knows literally nothing about computer repair work. We let it slide because we were told he was more hired for server admin work.
Apparently that wasn't true as he has no experience doing that sort of thing. Awesome.
Myself and another tech took him under our wing a bit and tried to show him the ropes and where everything is located. I am not sure if it is just his way of learning or he's just an ass but he never seems to believe anything he's told. He demands on researching it, not just googling, he has to go to the source (manufacturer's website). And print out the instructions. I could understand this if he was wanting it in writting so he could go down a list and make sure he got all the steps. But that's not what happens. It gets printed out and filed away, never to be looked at again. Way to waste paper and time!
Moving along, this certain "tech" has a habit of stealing ide to usb adapters, while they are in use. When we scan a hard drive, we take it out of the computer, hook it up to these nifty usb hard drive connector thingys and then plug them into our test bed machines. Now the general rule is if a connector is in use, you don't touch it. You may however inquire as to the status of it, see if it is completed or will be soon and call dibs on it. This fellow however will just unplug it and walk off. Doesn't even check to see if scans or file transfers are running. I have lost hours of transfer time due to this guy. Not to mention it usually leaves me without a connector and thus having to wait. Grrr!!
So today I spotted him doing something that is beyond moronic. I saw him wandering around with a laptop hard drive in his hand, eyeing the work benches. Knowing that look, I went over to where I had a drive scanning, to guard it. I could hardly believe what he did next. I watched him attempt to plug in the hard drive....to a power supply tester. To anyone with a working pair of eyes or really even one eye or hell, even a blind person could tell there is no humanly possible way that drive would ever plug into the tester. Forget the fact that is says in big letters "power supply tester" on it. He spent a good 3 minutes attempting to get the two to be friends before giving up, looking very confused. I didn't know if I should laugh or just shake my head at him. I choose to just keep staring at the viruses found counter. Mmm Limewire
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That story was great, I know exactly how you feel I've been subjected to a slew of "A+ certification test passers" who've never actually opened a computer case. Yet somehow they can get through the human resources department at my company without any real experience.
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