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IBM was and is the worst when it comes to Draconian rules.
by 1970-01-01 5y ago
IBM was and is the worst when it comes to Draconian rules.
- flarg 5y agoHave you ever worked in the Her Majesty's Civil Service? As an external you can't even go to the loo without an escort or signed pass.
- Aromasin 5y agoMundane, draconian bureaucracy is about as British as beans on toast. HMSC is just keeping the time honoured tradition alive.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoI had to get a pass to go to the bathroom as a guest at a Google office once too.
- formercoder 5y agoBoth institutions with nation state level security threats.
- Spooky23 5y agoI’ve been to a lot of .gov offices in the US. It’s always surprising to me. The most intense over the top security process I ever ran into was an agency that disbursed grants to artists.
- karmakaze 5y agoI've heard worse about Electronic Data Systems (EDS), H. Ross Perot's company.
- csours 5y agoI got counseled by my boss about my shoes. I worked at a client site. A manufacturing plant. And they wanted me to wear fancy shoes. He also made fun of me for wearing a blazer.
- a4isms 5y agoI used to own steel-toed dress shoes. They exist specifically for "wearing fancy shoes" while visiting factories.
- c0nsumer 5y agoWhen I started with EDS in 1999 it was right after the dress code policy and such changed. I was given a new employee that specified the dress code (IIRC it was jacket whenever away from your desk, certain colors for shirt/tie/socks/shoes), but the only dress code at the time then was "business casual". Doing onsite IT support for a big car company that meant khakis, a golf-type collared shirt, and boots. I was fine with that.
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- bombcar 5y agoThe key is they're so draconian that they follow the draconian rules even when it defeats them (as in the story here).