“Man is born free, but he is in chains everywhere”
Yeah, yeah, yeah!.. I know that it is a bit heavy for what I’m gonna blog about.
But, couldn’t help heighten the sense of drama when talking about my 'poor plight' :)
I work for a multinational IT company. Like any other IT company we have policies on Intellectual Property and handling sensitive client information.
But, I can bet my next month’s salary (oh!.. I’m expecting a hike!) that my company takes the prize for obsessive, compulsive, restrictive policies which push the employees to their nerves ends.
I totally understand the restriction on camera mobiles, PMUs, pass-keys for mails, and three levels of login authentication when I handle the client data (Oh!.. I do all these everyday and they have become a part of my life)
But, what ticks me off is, I can't access my company mail and use the printer when I need to. I always have to use the kiosk to access my company mail. These machines run at a snail pace and the worst part - I can't connect to printers or scanners remotely from the kiosk!..
Yeah, yeah, yeah!.. I know that it is a bit heavy for what I’m gonna blog about.
But, couldn’t help heighten the sense of drama when talking about my 'poor plight' :)
I work for a multinational IT company. Like any other IT company we have policies on Intellectual Property and handling sensitive client information.
But, I can bet my next month’s salary (oh!.. I’m expecting a hike!) that my company takes the prize for obsessive, compulsive, restrictive policies which push the employees to their nerves ends.
I totally understand the restriction on camera mobiles, PMUs, pass-keys for mails, and three levels of login authentication when I handle the client data (Oh!.. I do all these everyday and they have become a part of my life)
But, what ticks me off is, I can't access my company mail and use the printer when I need to. I always have to use the kiosk to access my company mail. These machines run at a snail pace and the worst part - I can't connect to printers or scanners remotely from the kiosk!..
Last week I had 25 pages to print and my kiosk machine wouldn't recognize any of the Printers in the entire development centre. (oh!.. it's not 'my kiosk machine'. I have to share it with the rest of the employees in the secure area. We have around 20 machines for 50 employees...always a rush)
After trying a while, I gave up trying to print using the kiosk machine. I walk up to the common printing area. We have a common machine connected to a printer and scanner on the fourth floor. It has a common login. The password and username are provided - stuck to the table- there. Now, some really nice support and maintenance guy changed the password and conveniently forgot to change it on the 'stick-it'.
