Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job

An anonymous reader writes "Employees openly admit they would take company data, including customer data and product plans, when leaving a job. In response to a recent survey, 49% of US workers and 52% of British workers admitted they would take some form of company property with them when leaving a position: 29% (US) and 23% (UK) would take customer data, including contact information; 23% (US) and 22% (UK) would take electronic files; 15% (US) and 17% (UK) would take product information, including designs and plans; and 13% (US) and 22% (UK) would take small office supplies."

Comments

So.

[Securityemo]

Escorting people out of the building and revoking their access privileges the second they get fired is actually warranted?

Re:So.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is why I just keep an up to date private encrypted copy of any software files I produce. So in the event of being escorted out I'm not without work I've produced so I can reference it down the road. Yeah the company owns the copyright, but sometimes I like to see how I did something (even if I have to do it a different way the next time).

Re:So.

[WankersRevenge]

Honestly ... if my employer starts treating me like a thief during my last two weeks then I'm out of the building then and there. As far as I'm concerned, giving two weeks notice is a courtesy that I am extending. Besides, if I were so unethical as to take company secrets to my next gig then the pilfering would occur well before any notice given.

Great

[DWMorse]

Just what we need, more ammo to put multi-year non-competition agreements on employees.

I live where that one really big business used to be, what was it called... Apple hated them... IBM or something I think. =P I've seen thousands of jobs slashed here in my time, and a lot of those people walked out the door with a clause behind them stating they couldn't even begin to work in the industry again for at least a year.

A year is a long, long, long time for your typical family to drop from working wages to unemployment.

Gotta consider the source

[EmagGeek]

"according to Harris Interactive."

If this is the same "Harris Interactive" that spams me 100x per week with polls to gather personally identifiable information from me for marketing purposes, then I'd say the "study" is probably bunk.

Give 2 months notice if leaving

[eclectus]

I knew a man who played the system quite well when leaving a job. He gave three months notice on his resignation letter, and they immediately revoked his access and escorted him from the building, but had to keep paying him for the three months.