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This is nothing. I was entering my workplace yesterday and as usual, the guard at the first checkpoint rummaged through my backpack. I was shocked when he said
by godelmachine 8y ago
This is nothing.
I was entering my workplace yesterday and as usual, the guard at the first checkpoint rummaged through my backpack.
I was shocked when he said the plastic bag I was using to protect my notebooks from rain could not be taken inside.
Upon asking for an explanation, he said plastic bags are outlawed and we cannot risk them in company premises.
I had to keep that bag in my vehicle trunk and then was allowed to enter premises.
- icebraining 8y agoWait, why do you have guards rummaging through your bags? Do you work in a high-security facility?
- piyush_soni 8y agoSome IT companies in India check your bags "for security purposes" while coming in/going out, or both. Yes, very disrespectful and insulting, but no one revolts so it's been going on (while their HRs will give powerpoint presentations on how trust is "one of the pillars" of their company). Most of them have a (probably made-up) story of how it was not the case before but someone broke their trust by stealing code in a hard disk etc., but no one has actually seen that happening in-person. Our software product company (headquartered in US) had the same policy in its Indian offices, and I (being a relatively new employee) last year pointed out in our surveys how hypocritical it is of the company to expect trust from the employees but not do the same in return. Fortunately they stopped doing it after that.
- shripadk 8y agoThis has nothing to do with trust. One terror attack and the employees and their families would be getting back at the management for lax security and having made the big mistake of trusting their lives with the company. Workplace violence is a thing and it's better for everyone to go through security checks than risk liability. You never know how, when or why someone snaps (however mentally stable s/he was during recruitment). And if you think it's impossible for something like that to happen, just take a look at what happened at YouTube HQ few months ago.
- okmokmz 8y agoI really hope this is sarcasm... You think it's appropriate for every employee to be searched before entering a facility because there might be a "terror attack"? How many IT workers are there in the country, how many attacks have occurred in IT offices, and how many attacks have been prevented by searching employees bags? Giving up personal liberties and freedoms out of unsubstantiated fears based on a few fringe cases is a slippery slope. Also, I highly doubt that's what the policy is even about. The person you are replying to is probably correct that the policy is an attempt to prevent employees from leaving with company data
- pravinva 8y agoIt's like the TSA- Security theatre, not security that's being sold here
- shripadk 8y agoHow do you prevent employees from leaving with company data if one copies all the sensitive data onto a pen drive? Does security check the pen drives too? It's actually ridiculous to cast aspersion on the security when their job is to prevent threats. > You think it's appropriate for every employee to be searched before entering a facility because there might be a "terror attack"? How many IT workers are there in the country, how many attacks have occurred in IT offices, and how many attacks have been prevented by searching employees bags? It just takes one attack to lose a loved one and put a family in complete disarray. In India there have been multiple terror threats to software companies in the past decade alone. You forget that the agencies work 24/7 preventing terror plots and if even one of them slips through it would be disaster for everyone involved. Multi layered security is the only way to thwart terror plots. Here are few examples: 1. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-terror-plot-against-infy-in-mysore-busted-1060458 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-terror-plot-against-inf... 2. http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/05blore.htm http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/05blore.htm 3. https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/infosys-wipro-get-terror-threats-36574-2009-01-04 https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/infosys-wip... You can use logic and statistics to argue about probability of terror threats but none of your statistics takes into account the mental health or the radical motivation of an individual/group. > I really hope this is sarcasm... You think it's appropriate for every employee to be searched before entering a facility because there might be a "terror attack"? EDIT: I am not being sarcastic. I am being a realist. In an ideal world I wouldn't want any sort of security. But we don't live in an ideal world.
- godelmachine 8y agoNope. Nowhere close to "high-security facility". I work in a medium-sized IT services company.
- GordonS 8y agoMost hotels in India, and also nearly every large company, x-rays and checks bags before you are permitted to enter. Of course, It's pure security theatre.
- nerdponx 8y agoThis sounds like a bizarre misunderstanding.
- godelmachine 8y agoPlease elaborate.
- nerdponx 8y agoSince I doubt there is actually a law against bringing plastic bags into certain buildings, it sounds like the security guard just misunderstands
- godelmachine 8y agoIn Mumbai, citizens seen to be carrying plastic bags are liable for fine of 5000 INR for first time offenders and up to 3 months prison time.
- saagarjha 8y agoHow do you enforce this? What if I just kept a year-old plastic bag around?
- rtx 8y agoYou don't argue with the police.
- RandomCSGeek 8y agoDoesn't matter if it's 1 y/o or 10y/o. All plastic bags are banned.