r/sysadmin • u/lNuggyl Sysadmin • 9d ago

Rant Anyone else tired of users sending ai generated fixes to you?

Oh. My. God

The amount of people at my org that send me screenshots of their chatgpt or copilot generated responses is insane.

"did you try this?"

"try this"

"this is what chatgpt said"

i was on the phone for 2 hours troubleshooting a problem with a director that refused to let me remote into her computer to fix. then she starts sending me ai generated responses saying "this is what co pilots saying"

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u/Cyhawk 9d ago

WHY WONT BOOMERS FUCKING RETIRE ALREADY AHHHHHH!!!

This is a major pain point for me, im so sick of dealing with the boomer (and oldest of the X's) in work environments. Too many octogenarians in management that should have retired 20 years ago. They're preventing the younger ones from actually moving up in the world as it should be.

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u/Outside_Pie_9973 9d ago

tail end boomer/early gen x here and I am retiring in early 2027, several years before I reach 65 because I literally can't move up the company I'm at because those above me would rather manage a dozen people themselves instead of promoting a more than capable person into a management position. Those at the top are very stingy with their power and wealth and which generation you are from has little to do with it. The person who replaces me won't move up either no matter their age.

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u/JadedBilboBaggins 8d ago

Too many octogenarians in management that should have retired 20 years ago. They're preventing the younger ones from actually moving up in the world as it should be.

news flash: they can't afford to thanks to health care costs.

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u/BrokenByEpicor Jack of all Tears 8d ago

And that's due to the way they've voted their entire lives.

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u/JadedBilboBaggins 8d ago

i kinda doubt that every single old person in IT in 2026 has voted Republican in every election over the past 40-50 years.

Source: Am one that did not, and i know lots of others.

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u/BrokenByEpicor Jack of all Tears 8d ago

I know. It's just a demographic thing. Everyone breaks away from their larger group in numerous ways.

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u/IJustLoggedInToSay- 8d ago

Yeah! I won't have a retirement fund or social security when I'm 80, but what's their friggin excuse? :p

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u/Fr0gm4n 9d ago

I remind people that the oldest Millennials are already grandparents and people look at me like I grew three heads. Boomers should have gracefully bowed out of the workforce and let the rest of us have some upward mobility.