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I remove this from HR's and other Department's hands, once IT is made aware. Beforehand, I obviously cannot affect. They tell IT in advance and maintain the sc

I remove this from HR's and other Department's hands, once IT is made aware. Beforehand, I obviously cannot affect. They tell IT in advance and maintain the schedule and contact us to adjust or DRAMA. Lots and lots of drama. Had I been in that situation, I would taken that garbage to my direct Super, which is usually the CFO. I would explain why this is such a horrific idea. They usually agree. If they don't, then I look for somewhere else to work, since I cannot keep PHI secure, when I cannot control who has what access and when. I'm not going to be held responsible when others callous actions remove all the guardrails. No thanks.

Volundr 3y ago
In short, the issue is that the manager didn't keep to the schedule. If they had done it at the proper time HR would have been involved and we would have gotten our notification. Instead the damage was done hours before this was scheduled to happen. In terms of higher-ups notification the "oh shit can you recover this" call came from the CEO I don't know what happened to the manager. I can't imagine it ended well for them, pretty much that entire section of the org was on thin ice (acquisition that didn't want to absorb into the company) so I can't imagine it ended well. I know we didn't pursue legal action against the ex-employee, which pissed me off at the time, but I can see the logic in leaving it done and dusted. The only PHI the company held was what HR had on it's the employees, so not at risk here.
- sonicanatidae 3y ago
  It's often not pursued by a company unless there are literal damages. Morality, sadly, has nothing do to with the decisions corporations make. I'm glad to know you didn't suffer for this. It happens so much in the tech world that most of us have installed creature comforts in the space under the bus. I've installed a nice recliner, a small, but tasteful lamp and a few good books to read, during my time under it.

Volundr 3y ago

In short, the issue is that the manager didn't keep to the schedule. If they had done it at the proper time HR would have been involved and we would have gotten our notification. Instead the damage was done hours before this was scheduled to happen. In terms of higher-ups notification the "oh shit can you recover this" call came from the CEO I don't know what happened to the manager. I can't imagine it ended well for them, pretty much that entire section of the org was on thin ice (acquisition that didn't want to absorb into the company) so I can't imagine it ended well. I know we didn't pursue legal action against the ex-employee, which pissed me off at the time, but I can see the logic in leaving it done and dusted. The only PHI the company held was what HR had on it's the employees, so not at risk here.

sonicanatidae 3y ago
It's often not pursued by a company unless there are literal damages. Morality, sadly, has nothing do to with the decisions corporations make. I'm glad to know you didn't suffer for this. It happens so much in the tech world that most of us have installed creature comforts in the space under the bus. I've installed a nice recliner, a small, but tasteful lamp and a few good books to read, during my time under it.