vkaryl - 11:57 pm on Jun 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

A problem at that level unfortunately I think does call for a big stick approach.

Heh. Yah. But the three BIGGEST violators are the owner, his son (next-in-line for the throne) and the CFO/VP. AND this is a company which prides itself on the "what's sauce for the boss" theorem. (Not excusing/minimizing the risk, btw....)

The IT guy has my DEEPEST sympathies. The single reason he is still sane, basically, is ME. I'm the one everyone else (INCLUDING the boss!) asks for help when windows does something stupid (um. really it's usually operator error....) or when their home email sends what looks like a virus to their office email.

I guess my biggest problem with all this (from my POV alone, of course) is WHY would you risk your job like that? Because that's basically what's happening....

Believe me, my own businesses have another ethic altogether....