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Telecommuting Backlash

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the blame-game dept.

coondoggie writes to tell us that advocates of the telecommute have stood up against recent finger pointing based on recent telecommuter screw ups. One of the more notable screw up was the recent loss of many veteran's personal information by a VA employee. From the article: "Despite years of growing acceptance, telework still has such detractors. 'The No. 1 challenge is cultural inertia. It's motivating the middle managers, teaching them a new way of doing work,' O'Keeffe says. 'It's the Luddite mentality that we need to change.'"

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  1. Re:The problem isn't telecommuting by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny
    Shit, the data on mine is worth ~$75-100M.
    Stay online for just a little while longer. I'm trying to get a lock...
    --
    What?
  2. Re:The problem isn't telecommuting by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. That's some awesome security.

    By the way, for making your 1361st comment on Slashdot, you win a free USB drive. Where do I send it?

  3. Re:The problem isn't telecommuting by aslate · · Score: 5, Funny

    Via:
    2 PO Boxes
    3 Foreign countries
    A customer's secret, illegal account in the Cayman Islands

  4. Re:The problem isn't telecommuting by Emmettfish · · Score: 5, Funny
    This means that when a sheriff recently left his laptop in an unlocked police car and it was stolen, there was nothing sensitive on it.

    UN Inspectors are going to find that thief, because that thief has URANIUM TESTICLES. Stealing a laptop from an unlocked police car? Holy shit.