"I once encountered a company that was considering suing an ex-staffer who managed a database server"
I know you can pretty much sue someone for just about any reason but seriously..I've not heard of a company suing an employee or ex-employee because of a server crash.
I'm still fairly young guy in the industry but does this happen at all? I mean I've never heard of it..so I'm just curious.
I could see if it was done on purpose but unless you could prove it, I would think that the case wouldn't hold up in court very well, would it?
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Thats the first concrete example I've heard of something along those lines.
I have heard of ex employees being sued over breach of confidentiality rules. If you go work for a competitor and share information that you agreed in writing not to share, then you can be sued.
Frankly if an employee is leaving, the employer has a responsibilty to ensure nothing critical is dropped - it isn't all on the employee.
James
I have heard of ex employees being sued over breach of confidentiality rules. If you go work for a competitor and share information that you agreed in writing not to share, then you can be sued.
Frankly if an employee is leaving, the employer has a responsibilty to ensure nothing critical is dropped - it isn't all on the employee.
James
We had Work at Home licensing which allowed us to install XP on home machines. But our company policy and Microsoft's licensing agreement prohibited distributing the license key.
I communicated this to the VP in question and the VP in charge of IT. I offered to install the OS if he brought it to me. I think at this point it was a power issue and he just wanted the key.
This of course escalated and in the ensuing meeting I was told to present the key. My response was that I would comply to any request but that since the request required that I violate licensing agreements and company policy I would need an email of that request and my reply to that email would be the key.
Of course the email never came. So I guess they decided that they did not want their butts on the line. Even if I was told they would not put it in writing I would have sent the key in an email with the statement documenting my opposition.
I guess the point of all of this is to add that if you are asked to do something illegal or against policy just asking them to document the request may be enough to kill it.
I communicated this to the VP in question and the VP in charge of IT. I offered to install the OS if he brought it to me. I think at this point it was a power issue and he just wanted the key.
This of course escalated and in the ensuing meeting I was told to present the key. My response was that I would comply to any request but that since the request required that I violate licensing agreements and company policy I would need an email of that request and my reply to that email would be the key.
Of course the email never came. So I guess they decided that they did not want their butts on the line. Even if I was told they would not put it in writing I would have sent the key in an email with the statement documenting my opposition.
I guess the point of all of this is to add that if you are asked to do something illegal or against policy just asking them to document the request may be enough to kill it.
This was in the days before the OS had locking.
We had on our Macs a tool which would encrypt the file table and required a password to start up, and after 15 mins of idle.
The VP demanded humble me, a desktop tech at the time to remove it immediately. I said I would be happy to comply if the corporate IT security officer directed me to do it. Said VP said great, I hired the guy.
I never did get the email, and he never did ask the security officer, who was a good friend of mine.
James
We had on our Macs a tool which would encrypt the file table and required a password to start up, and after 15 mins of idle.
The VP demanded humble me, a desktop tech at the time to remove it immediately. I said I would be happy to comply if the corporate IT security officer directed me to do it. Said VP said great, I hired the guy.
I never did get the email, and he never did ask the security officer, who was a good friend of mine.
James
Although it might seem like common sense to most, it is never a bad idea to remind ourselves, once in a while, how to handle difficult situations.
Good job Paul
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Good job Paul
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