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Getting Company Owners To Follow Their Own Rules?
techmage writes "Recently we had an issue at our small company that resulted in the loss of a lot of important data. To prevent it from happening again, we created a company-wide policy that all computers would return to IT to have their contents backed up, and the computers would be formatted and reloaded for the next user. Consistently the owners of the company break this and other policies we set up to prevent data loss, theft, etc. How do I get through to the bosses that when they break with the policies, they are potentially shooting the company in the foot?"
If that doesn't work, use a reverse analogy, and actually shoot them in the foot.
It put Xerox behind and prevented them from releasing the GUI in 1977, delaying the computer industry and the would-be 2008 CAD design of the first practical flying car. Remember that anal stunt the next time you are stuck in traffic.
Table-ized A.I.
IT Guy: That's fine. You'll be hearing from my lawyer, and by this time next year I'll own your company.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
No, no, you don't understand. I don't want everybody to have a flying car. I just want me to have a flying car.
Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
I didn't realise the US job market was quite that "flexible".
That's why we have such a strong economy - we care more about the people that make up the businesses than the business itself.
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