DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff

Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US government::DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff

  • Kes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    18·
    2 years ago

    If there’s one place I’d expect to have trouble hiring, it’s the Pentagon’s IT team. They regularly deal with the most sensitive information about the US military, and need to have clearance to see all of it. That gives them an incredibly slim hiring pool, so it’s no surprise their IT team sucks

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      I did IT support for DOD as a contractor years ago. I wasn’t at the Pentagon, but from where I was, It’s primarily a funding problem, with a bit of corruption sitting in the purchasing side.

      I can fix a lot of s*** on the cheap, but when they continually buy hardware below minimum spec for software there’s only so much you can do.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Wait so its just like my job now? Buying refurbished shit that was just okay five years ago and wondering why the infrastructure has weird quirks all the time? Maybe my sanity is a little too whittled for that.

  • postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    I’d like to help you, but forst tell me who played 3rd base for the losers of the 1968 world series game 4?

    And who won the heosman trophy in 1974?

    Can’t have the enemies breeching our electronic perimeter.