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Study Show Link Between IT Sabotage, Work Behavior

Posted by samzenpus on from the money-well-spent dept.

narramissic writes "According to recent research by the U.S. military and CERT, workers who sabotage corporate systems are almost always IT workers who are disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up late, argue with colleagues, and generally perform poorly."

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  1. obligatory by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    workers who sabotage corporate systems are almost always IT workers who are disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up late, argue with colleagues, and generally perform poorly.

    Maybe they just want their red stapler back.

    --
    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  2. Straight from the "No sh*t Sherlock" Department: by All_One_Mind · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. That's odd. I would've figured IT workers who sabotage corporate systems would be the workers who are happy, secure, generally show up on time, work well with colleagues, and generally perform superbly. Goes to show you that logic doesn't always pay off. (I'm ready for the Troll/Flamebait mod guys :)

  3. Well, all that may be true... by varmint+jerky · · Score: 5, Funny

    but I also happen to be far too lazy to do any of that shit.

  4. half sight by glas_gow · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they'd turned up on time, were cordial with their colleagues and performed better, they'd never have been caught.

  5. Yeah, so? by LibertineR · · Score: 5, Funny
    "almost always IT workers who are disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up late, argue with colleagues, and generally perform poorly."

    Disgrutled = Forced to install Notes
    Paranoid = Forced to sit next to Notes Server all day waiting for the memory leak to take over
    Late = Due to sleep deprevation from having to go in at 2am to reboot the Notes Server
    Argumentative = Caught whispering "Exchange, bitches." under his breath
    Poor Performer = Changed Cert ID password to "Fuck Notes"

    Whats not to understand?

    1. Re:Yeah, so? by eebly · · Score: 4, Funny

      Disgruntled = Forced to install Exchange.
      Paranoid = Forced to recheck Exchange database
      Late = Had to stay up all night while Exchange tested databases
      Argumentative = Caught whispering 'Postfix, bitches'
      Poor Performer = Changed Exchange password to 'kill me now'

      What's not to understand?

      (I've never worked with Notes, so it could be as bad as you say, but I've worked with Exchange 2K and 2K3, and yup, it's painful).

  6. Oh really? by EXMSFT · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...

  7. Mandatory Holy Grail by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 4, Funny

    BEDEVERE:
    Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.

    VILLAGER #1:
    Are there?
    VILLAGER #2:
    Ah?
    VILLAGER #1:
    What are they?
    CROWD:
    Tell us! Tell us!...
    BEDEVERE:
    Tell me. What do you do with witches?
    VILLAGER #2:
    Burn!
    VILLAGER #1:
    Burn!
    CROWD:
    Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
    BEDEVERE:
    And what do you burn apart from witches?
    VILLAGER #1:
    More witches!

  8. Re:Work with both, then post by LibertineR · · Score: 4, Funny

    Notes: The only application for which there is not enough RAM on Planet Earth.