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Turns out that the risk of an employee fired 1 minute ago running full speed, jumping walls and somersaulting into a now-restricted area is a way lower than loc

• jandrese 5y ago
  And yet this is the requirement. Some companies will also have security show up when it is time to fire someone so they can be escorted directly out of the building.
  • forgetfulness 5y ago
    And that's something that you can implement without creating a huge single point of failure. This was pure hubris, whether it emanated from engineering or elsewhere. Of course, if the employee was indeed a ninja, your guards wouldn't be able to do much, but in all other cases, it will suffice. We all derided the company that made "smart" pet feeders that wouldn't maintain a cache of the feeding schedule, but rather phone home to check; when their servers were down, pets went without food. It's not difficult to think of an scenario like this.