Tales of Corporate Oppression

[archerships]

I think the term "oppression" is over the top, but who doesn't identify with these stories?

I once got talking to a guy whose job it was to go into a company, sit alongside the Systems Administrator for two weeks, and write a professional audit on his processes and practices.

Naturally the sys admin would be on his best behavior, showing off all the clever things he did to keep the company's computer network ticking over.

At the end of the two weeks, the sys admin would be fired. There was never any audit: this was just the method the company used to replace their IT people without disruption, making sure the new guy was trained up and the old guy didn't cause any damage before he left.

Comments

Cool job

[polyanarch.livejournal.com]

It would be better if you could kill the guy and cook him up in a stew when you were done instead of just firing him though...

Re: Cool job

[ravenmimura.livejournal.com]

or bake him into his own going-away cake, to put a more office-y spin to it...

Re: Cool job

[polyanarch.livejournal.com]

That would be optimal -but you can't expect to have everything...

[zarex.livejournal.com]

Those other stories are pure evil, but the one you highlighted is pretty smart. Employers are very vulnerable to their IT people, and have to be very careful. It sucks that it has to come to this sometimes, but I can understand it.