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If the company gave a noob unlimited access and can't restore their data from backups, it's really their fault, not the employee's.
We had a management course in the university where this was one of the main things they highlighted:
Managers faults are the managers fault.
Employees faults are the managers fault. Without exception.
And if you think about it, that's completely true. If an employee does something stupid, it's most of the time because they a) had the opportunity to do it and b) they weren't taught well enough. If the employee keeps doing this mistake, the manager is at fault because he allows the employee to do the job where he can make the mistake. He obviously isn't fit for that position.
And people wonder why manager is paid more
Well yes, but they wonder that when the manager isn't taking responsibility and ensuing mistakes don't happen. A good manager is worth their weight in gold, but thanks to the Peter Principle most of them just end up there without being qualified or even wanting to do it!
When's the last time you tested backup restore and how long did it take?
The only way to test restoring a backup is to actually restore it. And for that, you do need spare hardware.
So, to answer your question, I don't test my home backups either. I reckon pretty much no one is dedicated enough to do that.
I'm hoping, if shit really hits the fan that I can still pick out my important files and just manually re-setup the rest of the system. So, with a longer downtime in that sense.
That strategy is just absolutely not viable for companies, where downtimes are more expensive than spare hardware, and where you really can't tell users you restored some files, they should do the rest.