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Interestingly, WPP mandates all it's employees to shut down their computers – irrespective of the OS. > As a precaution, WPP is mandating that everyone immedia
by vldx 9y ago
Interestingly, WPP mandates all it's employees to shut down their computers – irrespective of the OS.
> As a precaution, WPP is mandating that everyone immediately shut down all computers, both Macs and PCs. This applies to you whether you are in the office or elsewhere. Working on an office computer remotely is not an option. Please leave your computers turned off until you hear from us again.
> Many thanks for your co-operation and patience.
> Best regards,
- SpeakMouthWords 9y agoHow do they plan on contacting the employees en masse if the computer is off?
- hsod 9y agoProbably via their smart phones
- rahkiin 9y agoSo a smartphone is not a computer anymore? The world we live in..
- ccozan 9y agoI think is a matter of semantics, not of functionality. A smartphone is a computer per design, but no one is calling it like that.
- devopsproject 9y agoits a colloquialism computer = desktop\laptop
- khedoros1 9y agoMy calculator's a computer, but I don't call it that. My game systems are all computers, but I don't call them that either (and never have, unless I was discussing semantics).
- digi_owl 9y agoIt may be, but it is not in hardware or software lated to the major "desktop" platforms. And they are by design far more locked down than your average laptop or desktop (just wish said locked state didn't leave the OEM so much in control).
- astrodust 9y agoA smartphone is not a computer any more than your electric toothbrush, which happens to have a CPU and Bluetooth for whatever reason, is a computer. In this context "computer" means "desktop computer" or "laptop computer".
- lordnacho 9y agoIs it common to have a list of every employee's mobile phone? I would guess a lot of firms just have informal lists of phone numbers held by managers and colleagues. Plus if there was a list, wouldn't it be on a computer that's currently off?
- Jaruzel 9y agoIn large corporations yes (For emergency procedures etc). Definitely, if most staff have a work phone (for email).
- robbiemitchell 9y agoI think this means contacting them via email on their mobile phones.
- jessaustin 9y agoMost managers would have their reports' mobile numbers. Just start with the C-suite and work down. This is a case of hierarchy actually being an advantage...
- cr0sh 9y ago> Interestingly, WPP mandates all it's employees to shut down their computers – irrespective of the OS. Smart (-ass?) employees will also turn off their smartphones...