What r/ITManagers keeps coming back to
Complaints raised here by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
83 recurring problems · 198 threads read · read since September 2026 · Reddit
Raised more than once here
Most people first.
- 76HubSpot is down and timing out right now“After the third Teams outage this month I've started telling my team to just go make a cuppa and stare out the window for 10 minutes, works better than any official comms plan”
- 62How to handle unexpected software subscription price hikes and slow support“Our Proofpoint renewal quote came in about 20% up and I am struggling to sign it. The number alone I could live with but the platform has felt frozen for two years while the price keeps climbing.”
- 43How to find a cheaper CRM when HubSpot gets too expensive“I’m looking for something much better than Office, and much cheaper than Adobe. I’d like for it to automatically build and update an index. I would strongly prefer if all the data stayed local (confidential or sensitive information).”
- 42Why do IT jobs require impossible skill sets?“I manage IT for a retail business with multiple stores and brands. It’s me, one junior technician and external vendors.”
- 35Why do employers ghost you after a job interview?“I keep making it to the final round for senior IT leadership roles, but I’m not getting the offer. What am I doing wrong?”
- 33Doing higher-level work without a pay raise“I am an IT director, 46, male. My pay doesn’t seem to fit what I do and I am afraid to jump ship due to my age.”
- 29Vendor tech support takes months to respond to tickets“we had similar thing where they kept escalating storage alerts for backup drive that was literally supposed to be at 100% because it's the backup target. took them three weeks and four different techs before someone with brain looked at it”
- 27How to handle too much work without project engineers or coordinators“Headcount is locked, budget is trimmed by 15%, but company growth targets and project volume stayed the exact same.”
- 23Why can't I find a job after being laid off at 50+“I’m now submitting my ***1,200th application*** on a journey I started over a year ago due to being laid off with the entire IT and Security departments and subsequently being stuck at a dead-end job.”
- 20How to handle a manager who insults you publicly“I am having a really hard time with my manager, on our 1-1 he tends to give very bad feedbacks, I recently reached my limit once he decided to question my productivity just looking at velocity”
- 19Why is this community full of sales pitches and spam?“The vendor spam was getting out of hand”
- 19How do I know if my salary is fair?“Just wondering what everyone thinks if I should ask for more money with all the work I am putting in.”
- 17How to survive year-round mandatory overtime in public accounting“I have a 24 hour contract but I basically never do 24 hours at my job and iv worked there for nearly 2 years. I sometimes only do 28 but usually it’s 30+ even 40.”
- 16Why can't employees ever use the self service portal?“a secretary informs me that a new researcher starting September 1st will need to be onboarded, and issued hardware. We are informed of that on August 31st.”
- 16Why do I feel like a fake in my new management role?“I have never been in a management position unless you count high school newspaper editor lol.”
- 16Why can't I just see the price of software without a sales call?“if you're pushing some monitoring tool, just put the actual price in the comment and save me from another demo call that ends with "we'll send a custom quote"”
- 14When your family treats household chores like an IT help desk“Wife submitted a ticket about the dishwasher not working properly. Suffice it to say, after much swearing, I couldn't fix it. Her comment on the ticket was "technician was surly and incompetent. Would not recommend or use again."”
- 14How to translate my foreign work experience for a new job market“I’m currently on a career break of about two years after relocating to Canada.”
- 14How to transition from technical work to management with no background“I've been stuck as an analyst for the past 5 years in a healthcare company and am looking to move into a Senior role and then on to a leadership role.”
- 13How to keep track of routine maintenance tasks around the house“I’d like to know how you handle administration tasks such as checking AD reports, backup reports, etc.”
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