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Thread ID: 104391 2009-10-26 02:47:00 good reason not to fire IT guys nedkelly (9059) PC World Chat
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824248 2009-10-26 02:47:00 www.infoworld.com nedkelly (9059)
824249 2009-10-26 02:51:00 Nothing new. Moronic boss = trouble. ubergeek85 (131)
824250 2009-10-26 03:14:00 When people lose their jobs they are always angry. That's no excuse to do something like this.
You do it the legitimate way by taking them to court.

Pretty much any one who worked for any company can screw them over in one fashion or another. Doesn't mean you drop yourself to their level.
Have some dignity and self respect bro.
Cato (6936)
824251 2009-10-26 03:16:00 Have some dignity and self respect bro.

No.

It's more fun this way.
ubergeek85 (131)
824252 2009-10-26 03:23:00 No.

It's more fun this way.

It's more fun, sure. But in the long run that's worse for you. Such unprofessional behavior will hurt his chances of getting another job. That kind of thing sticks with you for a lot longer than the feeling of hate and anger.

Where's the stoic mentality when you need it?
Cato (6936)
824253 2009-10-26 03:34:00 Apparently in some firms (although I don't know of any examples first-hand), they will have security & HR personnel escort you to your desk to pack up your things, and then escort you out of the building to prevent these sort of incidents. somebody (208)
824254 2009-10-26 03:59:00 Apparently in some firms (although I don't know of any examples first-hand), they will have security & HR personnel escort you to your desk to pack up your things, and then escort you out of the building to prevent these sort of incidents.That kind of thing does happen, and in my opinion it's a excellent idea - total no-brainer.

I was once asked to audit a company's computer systems and lock them down as completely as possible after their sysadmin had left for the day, and do everything possible to make sure he couldn't get back in. The following morning when he arrived at the office, he was informed he no longer had a job. This was after ongoing performance issues with said sysadmin - he didn't seem like the malicious type, but they wanted to be safe.

If I was firing / making redundant my IT staff, I'd do my damnest to lock the whole shebang away from them before I told them they were canned. Even if they seem sensible, it pays to make sure, as with most modern organisations the IT staff are possibly the most dangerous employees in the entire company.
Erayd (23)
824255 2009-10-26 04:30:00 Apparently in some firms (although I don't know of any examples first-hand), they will have security & HR personnel escort you to your desk to pack up your things, and then escort you out of the building to prevent these sort of incidents.

I have known people in England that have had that happen to them, mainly to stop them taking client lists if they were that way inclined
gary67 (56)
824256 2009-10-26 04:48:00 Reminds me of that story of the sysadmin in San Francisco who's job it was to maintain the entire traffic control grid; pretty sure he was fired, and changed passwords etc - even when he went to prison he still wouldn't give them what they needed, so everything had to be rebuilt.

Moral #2 - don't give just one person complete, unaudited access to systems. 'Belts and braces' as they say.
nofam (9009)
824257 2009-10-26 04:49:00 I've shown my manager so many loopholes in our various systems that she'd be stupid not to do the same to me.

Not that I can see myself doing that. Everyone senior in any industry seems to know everyone else. There's no way I'd work again.
the_bogan (9949)
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