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The guy sounds like a jerk, but at least #3 seems to have come from a good place even if it might have been handled better. Security is absolutely essential an

by tristor 11y ago

The guy sounds like a jerk, but at least #3 seems to have come from a good place even if it might have been handled better. Security is absolutely essential and the weakest link is the human in most cases. That's why its important to build good security habits. Implementing policies and using software to enforce them only goes so far. His intention there was no doubt to try to instill some sense of personal security in the people involved that they might hold with them in the long term by calling them out and sending them to training. The rest of that sounds like reasons to fire the guy though. Although, having been in ops my whole career, I've never had a secretary, so it seems to me like this guy likely had a hookup with somebody in senior leadership so was probably untouchable/unfireable. I've dealt with the type before where it was somebody important's cousin or son who "knows computers", and suddenly they're running the IT department. On the plus side, at least it sounded like the guy wasn't incompetent.

progressive_dad 11y ago
#3 is the most problematic in my mind. Personal security is absolutely essential and it is the personal responsibility of everyone. This one most clearly shows his utter lack of empathy, nuance, understanding what a leadership role means, disrespect for basic humanity. This is the one that finally made me quit. He confiscated a guy's PERSONAl laptop that he had express permission to use. I mean, this stuff is currently in the courts being decided, but (to use a not so subtle metaphor) he's gonna fall squarely on the side of, "Its my office bathroom I'll take upskirt shots if I want!" ?
- tristor 11y ago
  Wow, yeah that's definitely crossing the line. Personal equipment is just that. The company should have no say over how you use it or what it contains, only whether or not its allowed on the network. If there was a security issue with the laptop, it should simply have been blocked from network access (or never given access to begin with). Taking someones's personal laptop and holding it hostage falls on the wrong side of the line for 'theft', I would say.

by tristor 11y ago

progressive_dad 11y ago

#3 is the most problematic in my mind. Personal security is absolutely essential and it is the personal responsibility of everyone. This one most clearly shows his utter lack of empathy, nuance, understanding what a leadership role means, disrespect for basic humanity. This is the one that finally made me quit. He confiscated a guy's PERSONAl laptop that he had express permission to use. I mean, this stuff is currently in the courts being decided, but (to use a not so subtle metaphor) he's gonna fall squarely on the side of, "Its my office bathroom I'll take upskirt shots if I want!" ?

tristor 11y ago
Wow, yeah that's definitely crossing the line. Personal equipment is just that. The company should have no say over how you use it or what it contains, only whether or not its allowed on the network. If there was a security issue with the laptop, it should simply have been blocked from network access (or never given access to begin with). Taking someones's personal laptop and holding it hostage falls on the wrong side of the line for 'theft', I would say.