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Rejecting a promotion sent field service tech into support hell
Original: Rejecting a promotion sent field service tech into support hell Chap who took the job left a trail of wreckage – and inv
A field service technician turned down a promotion, and the colleague who accepted the role instead left chaos behind him, according to a Register article being shared widely. The story recounts how the promoted tech's incompetence created a stream of problems that support teams and the original technician had to clean up, turning the episode into instructive case studies.
Why now: The Register's latest 'On-Call' style workplace war story is resonating with tech workers who recognize the dynamic of a bad promotion.
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Evidence
- Rejecting a promotion sent field service tech into support hell Chap who took the job left a trail of wreckage – and invaluable case studies – in his incompetent wake https://www. theregister.com/systems/2026/1… · techwire@gamefan.net · 1
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