Some one needs to post why his review was bad. Was it a lie or a made up review to get him fired? If so I hope he never give the password and they aren't able to root kit the servers. You will learn you can't push us around because when you do and your network isn't there any more its your own fault.
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The fix is obviously to hire a manager that has no technical background or experience but is related to the mayor! There are many such precedents such as GM and IBM! You don't need no stinking geeks; they are a dime a dozen in India and China!
You are way off base!.
A bad job review is never justification for destruction or theft of property. By rendering the network unusable, they employee stole or destroyed the property.
As a practical matter after the bad review the employee might have been fired. After stealing the network, the employee will be fired, will be tired and possible convicted of crimes, possibly go to jail. You may feel that it is justified but it is a really stupid thing to do and doesn't pay.
Not off base at all...a home run in fact!
If a bad review is the result of nepotism or other office politics, then THAT is destruction and theft of property!
Oftentimes the ones that SHOULD go to jail are the ones that PROVOKED someone else to the 'breaking point through oppression and injustice.
What goes around, comes around. San Francisco needs to examine the root causes, and eradicate THOSE causes, instead of scapegoating this guy, if, in fact, that is the case.
Question of Ethics
Would an ethical person commit crimes like robbery or forgery? The ideal I.T. person should have good moral judgement and higher ethical standards than others. They have to be above reproach in order to be trusted with the kinds of information and data they have access to. I agree that people should be given a second chance in life, but are convicted felons to be trusted where confidential information is concerned? They've already proven that their ethics and morals are inadequate or substandard. I would never sabotage my employer, even if they weren't treating me properly. I might be mad and upset but I'd thank my lucky stars I wasn't their employee anymore. I'd leave with my head held high and my morals and ethics intact. The City of SF messed up when they hired this guy and bare part of the blame for the fiasco.
Another question
What about the moron who hired a felon for such a trusted postion anyway?
How old was he in 1982?
How old was he in 1982? Judging from his stupid, teenage mistakes, it sounds like he turned his life around and made a fine, upstanding citizen of himself.
Trust
Lets be honest, at some point you have to trust someone to do their job. You can have neverending layers of security but somewhere you are going to be vulnerable and just have to hope the person or persons who have such access levels are not going to abuse it.
So True However
The hiring manager needs to have at least a lick of sense and not hire people who have proven themselves unworthy of trust.
First thing first...I have
First thing first...I have worked with city run IT department and to be honest most upper IT management [especially city] have no type of IT knowledge.. Most of them were hired because of a friend or because of a change in politics...Management should be the ones to have a $5 milliona bail set on their damn heads just for hiring a felon and giving such extensive access to the network. You never know he probably was a friend of a friend....
Employee Holding SF Hostage
There's something to be said about not giving a sngle individual too much control control over a network. At some point in time you have to trust people's ethical compasses. If the individual was going to be put on probation, they should have started protecting themselves before putting the individual on probation.
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