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Pretty uncool to give employers ideas on how to force their IT staff to rat out employees who speak out. Edit: yikes, people.
by chaps 4y ago
Pretty uncool to give employers ideas on how to force their IT staff to rat out employees who speak out.
Edit: yikes, people.
- bogwog 4y agoAlternatively, it's a warning to employees on how they might get caught.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoOnce again for those in the back, never use your employer's equipment or network for anything you don't want them to see!
- quickthrower2 4y agoInsidious problems are things like sync (Google Chrome favourites, Dropbox etc.).
- quickthrower2 4y agoRefer to your work laptop as your “girlfriend”. (SV reference)
- Mandatum 4y agoI'm not for it, I'm just saying - it's trivial. I was in your position, kinda - spent many weeks "searching" but "found nothing". They fired them anyway.
- Zircom 4y agoPretty dumb to talk crap about your employer on said employer's hardware and/or network, regardless of how true it is or not.
- vorpalhex 4y agoNah that's a pretty obvious way to catch people and any sysadmin knows it. Browser history is a good spot to check too. Be smart kids. Do your employer bashing at the public library.
- xmprt 4y agoOr cool to give employees an understanding that employers aren't their friends and can and will go to extreme lengths to screw them over if it benefits the corporation. Also just general advice to avoid doing things on your company laptop if you don't want your employer to know about them.
- chaps 4y agoThat's all fine and dandy and I agree that employees should be informed of these methods. My issue is more with the framing of the post, which clearly doesn't have a cautionary spirit that informs those who'd potentially affected by a vindictive employer. Instead, it's playful curiosity of how to rat out an employee.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoPretty much everyone is carrying around a pocket computer connected to the internet 24/7 with which they can do all their non work related tasks on, including badmouthing their employer.
- feet 4y agoHow many get connected to company WiFi?
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThey all have the ability to disconnect with a swipe and a tap. Life does not get much easier.
- feet 4y agoRight, but I'm trying to consider the average user. They likely aren't aware their activity on their phone is being logged on WiFi. My assumption is that once they got it connected to WiFi, it leaves attention and isn't considered
- heavyset_go 4y agoIf employees cross streams and use the same device on both the employer's network and off, and they post to Glassdoor off-network with the same device, a subpoena could reveal identifying information to the employer. Glassdoor can also choose to just hand over that information when requested, as well.