Defusing the Threat of Disgruntled IT Workers

snydeq writes "According to computer forensics expert witness Keith Jones, for every logic bomb on the network or Terry Childs case that makes it into the press, there are 98 other incidents of disgruntled IT pros damaging company assets that you never hear about. And though most IT workers are too professional to take out their grievances on the systems they've worked so hard to maintain, unless management takes note of the growing discontent in the IT workplace, it may fall victim to the unspoken 'ticking time bomb' lurking within its call for IT to do more with less, InfoWorld reports. Drastically understaffed, battered by interminable hours and impossible demands, many IT folks are being pushed to the brink by management that neither trusts nor supports them."

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Re:Pussies

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

In 99% of cases, if you freak out and do stupid shit, it's cause you're weak, not because the workplace really is that bad.

It is a LOT easier for a burger flipper to say that than a cubicle dweller.

Flamebait? One of you dudes was offended by that? Pussy. :P

Luckily there's no one left smart enough to do it

[gelfling]

Well thank the Goddess Shiva that all the jobs that require thinking went to India, China and South America. And the only people left in the States who still work in IT aren't even code crunching monkeys talented enough to fuck your systems up.

Re:What would an MBA do?

[jollyreaper]

One of my many ex brothers-in-law is an MBA. 30 years ago I was talking to him over beer about *exactly* the same problem that this article is about. No respect. No compensation for work done. No upward path in the company...

His response? Yeah, in business school they teach us that engineers are stupid. If you were a business major you would know what to do. When the boss says "do it" the correct response is "what's in it for me?" And if they don't answer with what you want you don't do the extra work.

Work 75 hours a week for a fixed salary? He thought that was just too cool. He loved the idea of getting nearly two peoples worth of work for the cost of one. So what if it ruins your health. They are planning to get rid of you before your bad health starts to raise their costs.

What you do with a guy like that: grab your beer bottle by the base, jam the mouth of the bottle straight into his throat. As he staggers back gasping, flip the bottle around so that you're now holding it by the neck and start hitting him over the head until it shatters. Jam the broken stub in his face and call it a day.

We simply can't allow people like this to continue to share our environment.