[geeks] worst part of the job?

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:27:00PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> I work at $SMALL_COMPANY and they just had me lock all accounts and 
> change all the passwords on various systems that $JUST_FIRED_GUY had 
> access to. [snip feeling bad]

I know what you mean.  But that's not as bad as the company which made
*me* redundant a shade over a year ago and *didn't* tell any of the
admins in other offices.  So yes, I still had the keys to the kingdom,
and could get in to 'em from anywhere.  My accounts weren't deleted
until several days later, when I did the right thing and told the other
admins.  They didn't change the passcode on the front door, or to the
machine room either, as I found out when I went to pick up some of my
stuff later.

Unsurprisingly, they went titsup.com six weeks later, so *I* was lucky
and got the month's notice pay I was entitled to.  Unlike the vast
majority of my colleagues.

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David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

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