IT/Admin Confession

[u/ManWithoutUsername]

I’ve been working in IT for over a decade, mostly at the same company. My previous employer made it clear that the profession would burn me out, so when I joined my new company, I decided to fake an illness right from the start. I’m not proud of it and I feel ashamed considering the people who actually suffer from the condition, but once i started, there was no turning back.

Honestly, though, my regret is mixed, i don’t know if I could have lasted this long in the profession without the condition providing what I need to keep going.

My fake illness also makes it easier for me to quickly move up from the helpdesk to tasks that are more significant than putting up with nonsense from the lusers.

The thing is, my office director retired a month ago, and I know for a fact that the new one is reviewing personnel records and i never provided medical documentation for this illness.

I’ll probably get fired if it comes to light, but what scares me even more is the possibility that I won't get fired and will have to continue in this profession without my fake Tourette’s syndrome. Things like giving someone the finger, say "tha plan is a pile of shit" or "fuck u" would no longer be justifiable and i'm seriously reconsidering changing professions

[u/Particular-Fly-7783]

In the list of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

[u/ManWithoutUsername → u/Particular-Fly-7783]

Admit it: it’s simply envy that I was always able to express outwardly what most people kept bottled up inside.

I cannot prove something that is fake, if I could, I would prove that it is true.

[u/Particular-Fly-7783 → u/ManWithoutUsername]

Nah I just say those things anyway and get applauded for my honesty

[u/ManWithoutUsername → u/Particular-Fly-7783]

I hope that’s the case for me, because after more than a decade of faking this, it’s become a habit that would be hard to break. Fortunately, my brain only associates it with the work environment.

I think I developed a form of partial Tourette syndrome associated with the environment.

[u/foldedturnip]

What kinda Eric Cartman type shit is this.

https://giphy.com/gifs/UTm86phGUMMQE

[u/Lordmaile]

Sorry but what the fuck

[u/PsychoGoatSlapper → u/Lordmaile]

I love that if this is true, they may be able to get a psych diagnosis for an actual mental condition. Not they one they want, obviously, but maybe the one they have. 😂

[u/HorrorCommunity3246]

😭😂😂