The Wall of Shame
Everybody willing to admit a disaster pays the price to fill the box of shame, companies publicly admitting their mistakes or individuals.
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The Training Room built a budget forecast tool with hardcoded 2019 rates
The Training Room · the United States · 734 users · Disaster 868
“No explanation was provided.”
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PersonStolen 1 time
44d agoFacilities built an expense approval workflow
Facilities · Japan · 208 users · Disaster 744
“I know i know...”
Stolen 2 times
47d agoThe Management Assistant built an expense approval workflow
The Management Assistant · the United States · 576 users · Disaster 1025
“Chose to say nothing at all.”
Publicly confessed:
PersonMarketing built an email campaign sender bypassing marketing
Marketing · the United Kingdom · 31 users · Disaster 570
“Yea...wasnt me!”
Accepted the blame:
CompanyProcurement built a sales dashboard nobody asked for
Procurement · the United States · 827 users · Disaster 806
“No explanation was provided.”
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PersonMarketing Operations built an internal URL shortener
Marketing Operations · the United States · 649 users · Disaster 787
“Haha! Gotcha!”
Publicly confessed:
PersonProcurement built a parking space allocation app
Procurement · Brazil · 218 users · Disaster 420
“Not the worst.”
Accepted the blame:
CompanyAn External Consultant built a procurement savings dashboard
An External Consultant · Germany · 99 users · Disaster 394
“Yea...that was us :(”
Stolen 1 time
43d agoCEO Office built an audit evidence portal
CEO Office · the United States · 1 users · Disaster 570
“we needed audit evidence”
Admitted responsibility:
PersonSales built a probation review tracker
Sales · Germany · 792 users · Disaster 363
“Declined to elaborate.”
Admitted responsibility:
PersonSales built a 'temporary' inventory system
Sales · France · 334 users · Disaster 356
“Chose to say nothing at all.”
Admitted responsibility:
Person
DeeJayTCR&D built a company-wide announcement tool
R&D · the United Kingdom · 94 users · Disaster 181
“Yay”
Dog Shelter Team built a customer onboarding checklist
Dog Shelter Team · France · 1 users · Disaster 214
“No explanation was provided.”
Accepted the blame:
PersonThe Remote Team built an internal app built because someone disliked one dropdown
The Remote Team · Australia · 9 users · Disaster 214
“Declined to elaborate.”
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PersonDigital Transformation built an incident response dashboard
Digital Transformation · Germany · 61 users · Disaster 192
“Chose to say nothing at all.”
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PersonThe Previous Intern built a vibe-coded replacement for ServiceNow
The Previous Intern · the United States · 50 users · Disaster 192
“Offered no defence.”
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PersonDeeJayTCReception built a variance analysis dashboard
Reception · the United States · 2 users · Disaster 160
“No explanation was provided.”
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PersonMaintenance built a pricing exception tracker
Maintenance · France · 1 users · Disaster 84
“Declined to elaborate.”
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PersonProcurement built a deployment button
Procurement · Germany · 1 users · Disaster 42
“Chose to say nothing at all.”
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PersonThe Process Excellence Team built a churn reason database
The Process Excellence Team · France · 7 users · Disaster 33
“Offered no defence.”
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PersonFacilities built a monitor allocation database
Facilities · France · 1 users · Disaster 18
“No explanation was provided.”
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