NETWORK: Office Wi-Fi improves 40% during an analyst's vacation; study calls for more studies
The correlation was observed in three distinct periods. The analyst, when reached, said he 'does not do anything special' and only opens 'a few tabs.'
- network
- wifi
- dubious-science
notice: This is satire. Names, companies and telemetry are invented. Any resemblance to your environment is your problem.
Continuous monitoring of wireless network latency identified a consistent 40% improvement in the floor's performance during the periods when one of the analysts was on vacation. The pattern repeated in January, in July, and on a long September holiday weekend.
The network team classified the correlation as "statistically interesting and technically uncomfortable."
The analyst said his work routine has nothing anomalous about it: "just the monthly spreadsheet, a query here and there, and sometimes I open the other system in parallel to compare the two."
Asked about the spreadsheet's contents, the analyst said it "loads everything," has 40,000 rows, 60 columns with formulas, and is synced in real time with a shared folder that nobody knows who created.
The network team recommended adopting a management system. The analyst recommended the team not touch the spreadsheet before month-end close.
Satire. A classic: the 40,000-row spreadsheet with a formula in every column.