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can you expand on what you mean for legally sensitive and what is the context here?

by drc0 8y ago

kenneth 8y ago
The magic works of "let's sync offline" or "call you on your cell" are pretty good key phrases
toomuchtodo 8y ago
Don’t create an unnecessary paper trail that will be found during discovery and used against the company by opposition’s legal team.
- smilesnd 8y ago
  Why my company will only ever write on white boards.
- hiccuphippo 8y ago
  Those chat services that delete(?) the messages after you hit a limit sound more appealing now.
pasbesoin 8y ago
This may be cynical of me, but: "When you're going to break the law, don't leave a physical record." While I avoid engaging in such, I've directly observed it, and been on the receiving end -- what was done to me was illegal, but it was a 1:1 with no witnesses. There's a useful purpose in mentioning this. Particularly for people newer and less experienced in the workforce: When co-workers and bosses won't email, IM, or otherwise write with regard to a topic. Nor address it in a group. When someone out of the blue invites you into an office, meeting room, or other private space to discuss it. Ask yourself, "Why?" This is one of those cases where your intuition may catch on and manifest, first. If something seems "off" about a topic or line of communication, consider it more closely. Also works when dealing with third parties. For example, if you are dealing with a salesperson who only ever "talks" about features. Especially 1:1. Best to verify what you're being told, elsewhere, and agree to nothing until you do. (And, if you can, find someone else to deal with who's more straightforward. Not "friendly", but direct and forthright in their communications.)
- eldavido 8y ago
  Sometimes I ask whether people are "Willing to put that in writing" (important verbally-negotiated deal terms). If I get a no, that becomes part of the negotiation.
Spooky23 8y ago
Any time there is an investigative event, whether a internal one, litigation, police, etc, written communication is a used to infer all sorts of things. Attorneys and others build careers out of sussing these details out of email. Do some googling of “Enron email corpus analysis” or similar things for examples. It’s very easy for someone to say even innocuous things that in a different context sound damning or infer a state of mind that may or may not be accurate, but can give someone a way to dig into more detail.

can you expand on what you mean for legally sensitive and what is the context here?

by drc0 8y ago

can you expand on what you mean for legally sensitive and what is the context here?

kenneth 8y ago

The magic works of "let's sync offline" or "call you on your cell" are pretty good key phrases

toomuchtodo 8y ago

Don’t create an unnecessary paper trail that will be found during discovery and used against the company by opposition’s legal team.

smilesnd 8y ago
Why my company will only ever write on white boards.
hiccuphippo 8y ago
Those chat services that delete(?) the messages after you hit a limit sound more appealing now.

pasbesoin 8y ago

This may be cynical of me, but: "When you're going to break the law, don't leave a physical record." While I avoid engaging in such, I've directly observed it, and been on the receiving end -- what was done to me was illegal, but it was a 1:1 with no witnesses. There's a useful purpose in mentioning this. Particularly for people newer and less experienced in the workforce: When co-workers and bosses won't email, IM, or otherwise write with regard to a topic. Nor address it in a group. When someone out of the blue invites you into an office, meeting room, or other private space to discuss it. Ask yourself, "Why?" This is one of those cases where your intuition may catch on and manifest, first. If something seems "off" about a topic or line of communication, consider it more closely. Also works when dealing with third parties. For example, if you are dealing with a salesperson who only ever "talks" about features. Especially 1:1. Best to verify what you're being told, elsewhere, and agree to nothing until you do. (And, if you can, find someone else to deal with who's more straightforward. Not "friendly", but direct and forthright in their communications.)

eldavido 8y ago
Sometimes I ask whether people are "Willing to put that in writing" (important verbally-negotiated deal terms). If I get a no, that becomes part of the negotiation.

Spooky23 8y ago

Any time there is an investigative event, whether a internal one, litigation, police, etc, written communication is a used to infer all sorts of things. Attorneys and others build careers out of sussing these details out of email. Do some googling of “Enron email corpus analysis” or similar things for examples. It’s very easy for someone to say even innocuous things that in a different context sound damning or infer a state of mind that may or may not be accurate, but can give someone a way to dig into more detail.