What Are You Doing Right Now

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This is a very typical response when something happens that someone in a position of authority doesn't like how something happened. It can and does happen at all sizes of business.

Even moreso, someone who probably isn't in a position of authority but wants to feel like they are. Did you notice the tone and wording, I could be wrong easily, but it really did not sound like anyone with authority said to do this, but that he saw an excuse to seize power on the email system and is trying to leverage it. I didn't see any "legal told me I have to" or "HR thought this would be a good idea". It was specifically that "he" wanted to prevent this happening.

I have Never seen an SMB say that legal ever told them to do something.. oh yeah.. because they don't have a 'legal' department.

Most any functional SMB has a lawyer, just not a full time one.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This is a very typical response when something happens that someone in a position of authority doesn't like how something happened. It can and does happen at all sizes of business.

Even moreso, someone who probably isn't in a position of authority but wants to feel like they are. Did you notice the tone and wording, I could be wrong easily, but it really did not sound like anyone with authority said to do this, but that he saw an excuse to seize power on the email system and is trying to leverage it. I didn't see any "legal told me I have to" or "HR thought this would be a good idea". It was specifically that "he" wanted to prevent this happening.

I find this response perplexing. You, Scott, love to say that we shouldn't read more into people's post than what words they use, i.e. don't ask them followup questions that make them look dumb because, well frankly they asked a point blank question, they couldn't possibly mean something different.

So I'm surprised that you're attributing this guy to seizing power.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This is a very typical response when something happens that someone in a position of authority doesn't like how something happened. It can and does happen at all sizes of business.

Even moreso, someone who probably isn't in a position of authority but wants to feel like they are. Did you notice the tone and wording, I could be wrong easily, but it really did not sound like anyone with authority said to do this, but that he saw an excuse to seize power on the email system and is trying to leverage it. I didn't see any "legal told me I have to" or "HR thought this would be a good idea". It was specifically that "he" wanted to prevent this happening.

I have Never seen an SMB say that legal ever told them to do something.. oh yeah.. because they don't have a 'legal' department.

Most any functional SMB has a lawyer, just not a full time one.

perhaps, but chances are they rarely ever call upon them, especially for something like this. Unless they were planning on suing the employee.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This is a very typical response when something happens that someone in a position of authority doesn't like how something happened. It can and does happen at all sizes of business.

Even moreso, someone who probably isn't in a position of authority but wants to feel like they are. Did you notice the tone and wording, I could be wrong easily, but it really did not sound like anyone with authority said to do this, but that he saw an excuse to seize power on the email system and is trying to leverage it. I didn't see any "legal told me I have to" or "HR thought this would be a good idea". It was specifically that "he" wanted to prevent this happening.

I find this response perplexing. You, Scott, love to say that we shouldn't read more into people's post than what words they use, i.e. don't ask them followup questions that make them look dumb because, well frankly they asked a point blank question, they couldn't possibly mean something different.

So I'm surprised that you're attributing this guy to seizing power.

It's hard not to, this is such a standard IT reaction to wanting to have control. You almost never see managers doing this, but IT does it all of the time. You'd expect him to have made an excuse that he was forced to do it, not stating that he wanted to do it, if he was mandated to do so.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This is a very typical response when something happens that someone in a position of authority doesn't like how something happened. It can and does happen at all sizes of business.

Even moreso, someone who probably isn't in a position of authority but wants to feel like they are. Did you notice the tone and wording, I could be wrong easily, but it really did not sound like anyone with authority said to do this, but that he saw an excuse to seize power on the email system and is trying to leverage it. I didn't see any "legal told me I have to" or "HR thought this would be a good idea". It was specifically that "he" wanted to prevent this happening.

I have Never seen an SMB say that legal ever told them to do something.. oh yeah.. because they don't have a 'legal' department.

Most any functional SMB has a lawyer, just not a full time one.

perhaps, but chances are they rarely ever call upon them, especially for something like this. Unless they were planning on suing the employee.

But that's the point, if the lawyer isn't worth calling, it's not an action that needs taken.

momurda

I was thinking he just wants to check the logs for their own email history from that person that took a job with their competitor. I think. Like using Get-AgentLog or the Tracking Explorer.

scottalanmiller

@momurda said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I was thinking he just wants to check the logs for their own email history from that person that took a job with their competitor. I think. Like using Get-AgentLog or the Tracking Explorer.

He said that he wanted to read it, though.

Minion Queen

http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-wny-until-10pm-monday This should be fun.

dafyre

O.o

I thought we were going to be under one today, but everything fizzled out. Good Luck & Godspeed!

Edit: Maybe Godspeed was a poor word choice, lol.

NerdyDad

Neighbors to the north of me are still cleaning up from last weekends tornados. If you have a 2 meter ham radio, you are more than welcome to listen to the storm chasers and weather spotters as they report conditions. I listened to one spot a tornado as it was forming, where it was forming, and where it was going. Because of that weather spotter, people ahead of it had time to respond and take cover. Unfortunately, not everybody got the news in time to take cover and there were some casualties.

Depending on the county that you live in will depend on what repeater that you want to listen to.
Ontario County ARES/RACES Net Sunday 8:00 PM 145.450 - (PL 110.9) W2ONT
Wayne County ARES Net Sunday 8:35 PM 146.685 - (PL 71.9) WA2EMO

DustinB3403

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-wny-until-10pm-monday This should be fun.

Yay... time to get my car sized kite out. . .

dafyre

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-wny-until-10pm-monday This should be fun.

Yay... time to get my car sized kite out. . .

... and strap it to your back?

scottalanmiller

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-wny-until-10pm-monday This should be fun.

Dad just said that it was getting rough there.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-wny-until-10pm-monday This should be fun.

Dad just said that it was getting rough there.

Yeah we're getting a downpour in the city right now.