One of this organization’s sysadmins makes the rounds introducing a new guy to everyone in the office, reports an IT pilot fish on the scene.

“Lord knows we need the help. We’ve lost four or five people in the past few months,” fish says. “During the first staff meeting with him, after going through all the ongoing tasks, the manager jokingly said, ‘Make sure you come back tomorrow.’

“The new guy seemed awfully quiet — when asked ‘How’s the progress on the capability report,’ he just said, ‘I got it.’

“A few days later, I heard this guy was gone. I saw him packing his backpack and he left the building. ‘What happened?’ I asked one of the other admins.

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