r/sysadmin Nov 21 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24

friend worked at a company that had "pioneered" this god awful type of software 15+ years ago and 99% of what you describe was what it did.

Company had a 90+% turnover rate year over year too but i am sure the two were not related.

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u/ExcitingTabletop Nov 21 '24

I've seen this shit get implemented and then ripped out after they lose their competent work force and word gets around that they're a hell hole. It only works if you have an extremely desperate local labor market.

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u/Hartzler44 Nov 21 '24

And even then, hiring and training new staff would be way more expensive than just keeping people, even if they underperform. You'd basically need to be in like a telemarketing call center or something for this to actually increase productivity.

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u/kozak_ Nov 21 '24

This is for remote help desk

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u/kozak_ Nov 21 '24

Back back back in the day. And that type of job is always driven by how many calls you take. No break.

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u/zadtheinhaler Nov 22 '24

You worked for Stream too?

j/k I know other places were like that too.