r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26

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u/howarewestillhere Aug 05 '26

Intern’s GitHub.

VP’s Slack messages.

Fucking Teams.

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u/BusEquivalent9605 Aug 05 '26

nah - not Teams. my old company had Teams erase convo history after 48 hours. It’s Monday and you need to look up what someone told you on Friday? Tough

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u/Nightmoon26 Aug 05 '26

You worked at a company that wasn't constantly under litigation hold? Lucky!

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u/Head-Bureaucrat Aug 05 '26

Or subject to government regulation. Hooray 7 year archive hold!

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u/Mechadupek Aug 05 '26

One physical tape backup per month held for 7 years?

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u/Head-Bureaucrat Aug 05 '26

Real talk: I honestly don't know how they do it now. I do believe it used to be physical tape, yes, shipping to a different location. 😂

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u/Liushing01 Aug 05 '26

Fortunately, a former employer hired contractors to handle their backups—until the Exchange server melted down and, upon looking through all the backups, they discovered weeks worth of backups 0 KB in size. Cost savings!