To Have Murderous Thoughts About Colleague?

Another wondering if there was Abby further update?

Morning OP, just caught up with developments. How are things this morning? Big 👏 to your boss, worth staying with her a bit longer?

Wowsers. Just read the whole thing. It's like a soap opera!

I guess no one is claiming he's autistic now!

IT are supposed to remove access to the VPN immediately (it’s a button click), then the full account backup and deletion hooens within 24 hours. They didn’t remove access to the VPN when they were informed and this SG had access.

So IT got the request, they acknowledged it, and then still didn't do it.

Your effort getting refunds will have saved their arses for the time being.

In that case, IT had better put their tin hats on!!

IT probably have an SLA giving response and fix times
So the SLA for leavers - and leavers under a cloud - needs shortening in timescale, and given a higher priority

It doesn't sound as though what SG did was technically difficult; he added budget to client accounts. I'm presuming that's a fairly straightforward use of systems. I don't think it proves that he's especially smart, unless there was some system hacking.

Agree about the terrible processes that made this clusterfuck possible, though.

If you work for a company with access to client accounts and you don't prevent staff from accessing those accounts from personal devices, off-site and after being sacked, it's not a question of your IT department being slow - it's a much, much bigger deal than that. You are in breach of the law: not just because the employee has been sacked - they should never have had access from unencrypted personal devices in the first place. Really surprised this hasn't been a bigger issue at the OP"s company.

If IT are unhelpful and slow it is because management are not hauling them over the coals for fucking up.

At the very least, the one thing they should act on is bloody access to systems.

Not really. We find that IT always take their time and aren’t particularly helpful and I work for a very large and professional company. Seems to be a common thing with IT.

If he was as incompetent as your original posts implied, I'm wondering at his being able to cause such financial havoc all by himself after such a short time He must have had hidden depths

This. And his surprising competence contrasts with the surprising incompetence of the senior and (according to the OP) 'good' HR guy, who was brought in to assist with firing someone in unusual circumstances, yet forgot to remove their IT access - usually the first thing you do. Not to mention the fact that the shart goblin, despite being fired, apparently had off-site online access to client accounts via a personal device (as he must have had to hand any company hardware back). That's a major breach of proper information and financial governance - am amazed the OP isn't hearing more about that aspect.

Good thing the OP's leaving, really - the company's practices sound questionable in the extreme.

Jaysus!

I'd circulate his name and this story throughout the industry, OP. Not as spiteful revenge but because the idea that he may yet be hired by a decent person or company is too much to bear.

Well that started off as well funny but what a horrible turn it took.
What a nasty piece of work he turned out to be.
I bet there is a big history to him and his world of work.

Holy Crap!! I have just RTFT and am speechless!!

I'm not suggesting public accusation, but if this goes to court that will go against him for future jobs assuming HR people do the proper checks. I once had a colleague who got a job with a competitor and who, prior to leaving, saved a great deal of proprietary data on to a personal device. His new employer was notified of this. Although that would have been mostly to preserve their own position in the industry, it cannot have done his reputation any favours.

But you are right, if the OP has done sufficient fire fighting then he could end up being one lucky shart goblin.

How did the other male member of staff respond to those emails? If they did.

I went PT due to ill health, was involved in recruiting the Neanderthal that was taking over part of my job. He made it clear from day one he felt he knew more than me and I gave up trying to be helpful in the end. He was very specific about me not interfering in one particular job which I had a lot of knowledge about, he fell flat on his face and I enjoyed telling him “but you didn’t want or need my help”

“SG has likely also ruined his career, and spectacularly at that.”

Well Chinese whispers maybe but the OPs company can’t go around publicly accusing him of anything to others in the industry. And logging in with a password isn’t a smoking gun that you did it - just that you allowed someone else access to your laptop and assumed the password was no longer valid. It sounds like the legal fees would outweigh actual damage, since OP managed to get refunds.

Bloody hell. You'd think the IT company have some explaining to do and may well be liable for any losses you may not be able to recover.

SG has likely also ruined his career, and spectacularly at that.

I found this thread yesterday and have been enthralled! And am now gobsmacked at what SG has done!! I really hope it gets resolved for you OP, and that SG gets his comeuppance. He is definitely due some karma!

Sorry posted whilst at the start of the thread as was so amused by the term. Sorry to hear the turn this has taken and hope you manage to resolve things.

Correctile dysfunction 😂😂😂