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Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-about-business-cards dept.

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."

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  1. Re:So. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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).

  2. Gotta consider the source by EmagGeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "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.