Re: Confession of IT nightmare employee

1. nothing fully uninstalls, which seems to be a big part of the
problem
2. I can't call IT, my office manager has to call them, and she is
afraid of them.
3. I am authorized to use Palm software. I asked for help when it
stopped working and that was over 8 months ago, I mentioned this to
the office manager but she is afraid to call them.
4. I am tired of being bullied by people that are so insecure about
their own qualifications that they attack the people they were hired
to help. I am using my palm in my job as a case manager, not
installing games or porn. I know what it is like to spend 47 hours a
week helping people that don't appreciate it so they can just get over
it. I certainly can understand why people might be upset, but I have
a union, hundreds of hours of accumulated time, and I am very tired of
being treated like dirt by people that can't reinstall software
because they sold the disks on ebay.

I am sure that you are a very important person, Brian. I can
certainly understand if you don't feel comfortable answering my
questions. I am amazed that you would take time out your busy vital
work to judge me.

On Oct 6, 12:00 pm, Brian <Br...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well there are a lot of issues going on that I see.  First, you hacked your
work desktop to install a piece of software.  Yup, you hacked it, you may not
think so but my guess is your IT department would not agree with that view.  
Second, you then admit you hacked your work computer on a public forum.  
Third, the IT unit didn't clean up after themselves and left scripts on your
system which you then exploited.  

The fact that you have tried to logon using the username/password
combination provided in the script shows you are not content to leave well
enough alone.  As I'm guessing this is an AD environment you can be assured
the logon attempt was recorded by AD and hopefully someone in the IT unit is
monitoring those logs.  It is possible to create an administrative account
which has rights to install software, but does not have rights to logon,
which is what the IT group has apparently has done.  

My advice would be as follows.  First, uninstall the Palm software from the
system ASAP.  Second, send an email to the head of IT with a request to find
out why your initial request for software installation was denied or not
followed up on (this is what you should have done in the first place).  
Finally, come clean about what you've done.  This may be the only way to keep
your job, because if IT finds out before you admit to it be assured your
termination will be swift and brutal.

Just my .02

Brian
MCSE 2003



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