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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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      @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

      @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

      @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

      Spiceworks is a bubble. I know a lot of guys who find answers to it on google but never sign up and engage or post, I know more who think "oh yeah that free app"

      And you'd be happy employing those people?

      Nope, never said that.

      If you were not implying that, what was the point of knowing lots of people that wouldn't qualify? Are you just saying that you'd fire lots of people that you know based on that?

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      • Deleted74295D
        Deleted74295 Banned @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said

        If you were not implying that, what was the point of knowing lots of people that wouldn't qualify? Are you just saying that you'd fire lots of people that you know based on that?

        No, I was replying to your 3 lines that I quoted. I.e most of the world does not use Spiceworks, each line of mine is in response to your 3 lines.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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          @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

          @scottalanmiller said

          If you were not implying that, what was the point of knowing lots of people that wouldn't qualify? Are you just saying that you'd fire lots of people that you know based on that?

          No, I was replying to your 3 lines that I quoted. I.e most of the world does not use Spiceworks, each line of mine is in response to your 3 lines.

          But MY lines were responses to "why did YOUR staff think RAID 5 was okay."

          So I'm confused by your response. What difference does it make what most of the world does unless you are okay with them not looking things up before deploying?

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          • BrainsB
            Brains @Deleted74295
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            @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

            Stealing.
            Lying.
            No commitment, zero energy, just slothful.
            No desire/drive to improve on weak areas.

            These for me are the big 4, I'm not really into the "He wasted $$$ fire him" because I've done it in business and regretted it, mistakes do happen but you do learn from him but point 4, if there is no desire to improve after the mistake, then that's when we have problems.

            yep as long as they can learn and improve, its not fireable. But once they DGAF, you're out the door

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

              @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

              PPTP VPN on 2012 R2 server installs is acceptable to some.

              But to you? Certainly not to me.

              Of course (I hope ) not to us.. but it's there - so some will think.. hey if MS includes it it must be ok.. just like some see RAID 5, so hey it must be OK.

              Of course those aren't reasons to use it.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                So here's a story I'll share.

                A friend was fired and here are the details I know.

                Long ago a new server was installed. It was a VMWare ESXi host with SAN.
                A backup solution was not purchased.
                The IT guy asked for management to provide funds to purchase a backup solution. management said no.
                There was not enough left over storage to use NTbackup.
                Shadowcopy was used in the few instances where people needed a file restored.

                Old boss left, new boss onboard.

                The network was hit by cryptoware on a Friday and not discovered until Monday, The Shadowcopy window was past. All data was lost.
                New boss makes employee clean up the network and new boss approves new backup solution.
                Several months go by, the new boss is micromanaging the employee.
                New boss fires employee saying they don't have time to micromanage the employee.

                The employee believes the new boss was only micromanaging because of the previous failure, not because the employee wasn't getting tasks done, of course we can't know the reality of that situation.

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                • bbigfordB
                  bbigford
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                  I would fire someone for...

                  ...recommending Lenovo.

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22 @bbigford
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                    @BBigford hahahahahahaha. too true!

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22
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                      Neglect. Not doing your due diligence is a big thing for me. Checking that backups are running regularly. etc.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403
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                        Failing to learn basic functions, after repeatedly showing the employee how to do a specific function.

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                        • thwrT
                          thwr
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                          • Lying (I'm open for virtually anything, but flat-out lying is not ok)
                          • Stealing
                          • Keep doing the same mistakes over and over (after someone noticed that and explained the problem)
                          • Someone who keeps refusing to learn
                          • Pushing work to others -> laziness
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                            tiagom @bbigford
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                            @BBigford said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            I would fire someone for...

                            ...recommending Lenovo.

                            Seen similar comments to this before, whats the deal with lenovo?

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @tiagom
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                              @tiagom said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @BBigford said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              I would fire someone for...

                              ...recommending Lenovo.

                              Seen similar comments to this before, whats the deal with lenovo?

                              Superfish is just one example

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                              • alex.olynykA
                                alex.olynyk
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                                http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/02/lenovo_superfish_scandal_why_it_s_one_of_the_worst_consumer_computing_screw.html

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                                • thwrT
                                  thwr @tiagom
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                                  @tiagom said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @BBigford said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  I would fire someone for...

                                  ...recommending Lenovo.

                                  Seen similar comments to this before, whats the deal with lenovo?

                                  Some people don't like them, and IMHO there really was a large quality drop when IBM sold notebooks, servers and desktops to them. But on the other hand, IBM equipment used to be very good stuff. Still have a few 3550-M3 running (Xeon 55xx), rock solid. Not even fan failures or a broken power supply. So it isn't that worse (yet), but that's just my opinion.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
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                                    I would fire someone for causing dumbasaphobia.

                                    Semi-NSFS

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                                    • thwrT
                                      thwr @DustinB3403
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                                      @DustinB3403 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @tiagom said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @BBigford said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      I would fire someone for...

                                      ...recommending Lenovo.

                                      Seen similar comments to this before, whats the deal with lenovo?

                                      Superfish is just one example

                                      There is so much bloat-, spy, crap- and whatever-ware installed on most notebooks from most vendors... When I get a unit, it gets a fresh image anyway. Or do you use an OS installed by someone you don't know on a machine that may hold confidential data?

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                                      • wirestyle22W
                                        wirestyle22 @tiagom
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                                        @tiagom They package seemingly any software with their devices. So much bloatware and it has historically had security vulnerabilities.

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                                        • thwrT
                                          thwr @wirestyle22
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                                          @wirestyle22 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @tiagom They package seemingly any software with their devices. So much bloatware and it has historically had security vulnerabilities.

                                          What are your reasons for choosing a server or notebook vendor? The installed bloatware or "valuable addons" like all the WLAN connection management crap? You are choosing a well-made device, the hardware, not the software. The preinstalled image is nothing more than a demo IMHO, and you shouldn't really use that for production.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @thwr
                                            last edited by DustinB3403

                                            @thwr said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                            @tiagom They package seemingly any software with their devices. So much bloatware and it has historically had security vulnerabilities.

                                            What are your reasons for choosing a server or notebook vendor? The installed bloatware or "valuable addons" like all the WLAN connection management crap?

                                            Most of those "valuable addons" can be downloaded from the web anyways. Why anyone would bother with 'oh I really need that new locky variant...

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