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"In hindsight, complying with the company's Document Retention Policy (which at Netscape was basically, ``shred anything within 90 days unless you can't get you
by ken 7y ago
"In hindsight, complying with the company's Document Retention Policy (which at Netscape was basically, ``shred anything within 90 days unless you can't get your job done without it'') might have been a good idea." [1]
Do companies no longer have Document Retention Policies? That seems like the bigger piece of the story here.
[1] https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html
- mc32 7y agoIt depends on the information that’s flowing in them. If they are under compliance purview then they might have to retain or at least archive years worth of information.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoFYI if you're referred from hackernews and have never visited the site before, the jwz links redirect to (somewhat nsfw: photoshopped testicle in an egg cup) http://i.imgur.com/32R3qLv.png http://i.imgur.com/32R3qLv.png.
- Analemma_ 7y agoNetscape was before Sarbanes-Oxley though, which mandates extensive retention policies for business communication.