You're sure it's not just the mentioned reason, that she's a high earner? If you bring in the moolah, if you *really* bring the big bucks, you can get away with a metric shitton of stuff.
6:10 if you're wondering, wood chipper for hard drives isn't too much of an exaggeration. There's a multitude of ways to destroy hdds to prevent info from leaking
I work in a company of about 60 people. 10 years ago, it was 40 people. We have always had an HR person. Even when we were smaller, we had an HR person. It is an investment to help prevent situations that require expensive lawyers. If they can afford to outsource IT, they can afford to outsource HR. (Though it would be better to just hire someone.)
In case anyone wants to know, yes the woodchipper is literal. In some highly classified situations, hard disks are put to a really strong magnet, then fed to a woodchipper to prevent data leaks.
I recall a story, urban legend we hoped, that someone rented a woodchipper and mulched a companies hard drives after they did him dirty and he decided * slag it*. No idea but it sure sounded cool back in the day.
I've heard a less dramatic story of someone writing a program that would delete a company's data it he wasn't there to stop the timer. It went off after he was fired and he went to jail
Between companies, not suing is usually more lucrative for situations like these. I can also assure you, the "Hard drives in a wood chipper" is not just a figure of speech. That is the proper disposal method for drives containing proprietary information. Drive capacity has gotten so big that securely wiping a drive can take up to 40 hours, and they're so cheap it would cost more to wipe the drive than simply replace it, so they do have hard drive shredders which are remarkably similar to a woodchipper. If their data is stored on leased servers, and they're in violation of a contract with that vendor, they could very quickly lose all their data and consequently, their business. Not every "cloud" has a silver lining, lol. OP's company had them by the balls, why litigate it when you have all the leverage and they haven't a leg to stand on? They'll pay more to keep it out of court than if they went to court. I'm also guessing "Slime Co." is a law firm, based on common perceptions of lawyers. And the harpy may have a whale client and she simply can't be replaced right now. That's common. And law firms are very low-tech and often rely on third parties for handling their tech needs. And, if they lose their data, they are beyond fucked. First, much of it is privileged. They are contractually obligated to their clients to safeguard that data, and if it gets lost or destroyed, they could lose those cases, be held liable for that loss and be bankrupted overnight. And there is often a required data retention period, even for closed cases, and losing that data puts them out of compliance. And then you have ITAR. That's the law that governs the sale of weapons to foreign powers... usually, you hear about it with gun shops, etc. But it's big in law firms. Basically, Defense contractors are some of the biggest and most litigious companies in the world. Their data falls under these same regulations. While they may not be selling guns to Russia, an email that includes specs for a fuel manifold for a tank that a company's subsidiary manufactures, in the hands of the Chinese is just as much of a violation (Just ask Boeing, Wired magazine had a good write-up on that a few years ago), and you don't always know what records you have in your possession. So, only US nationals are allowed to touch data that belongs to a defense contractor, who are very likely to be on one side or another of some legal action handled by many law firms, even if the matter is unrelated to defense. And since most e-waste ends up in China... it's a big concern. It could be a slap on the wrist, but could also be millions in fines, cancellation of the business license, disbarment, and even prison time if they let ITAR data fall into the hands of an unauthorized party. Probably the former in most cases, but the potential for extremely devastating consequences does exist. I don't know if that's at play here, but about 65% of general legal practices have at least some ITAR-protected data in their possession. Usually, it's of no consequence, but still, it's a big risk by virtue of its existence. When they start threatening to yank hard drives, assholes pucker and checkbooks come flying out quickly, lol. They'll pay anything to avoid that. Seriously... like "Here's my car, you can have my house, take my daughter's virginity, just don't let anyone know this happened!". And I'm only dramatizing that a little... it's closer to the truth than most people care to acknowledge, lol. It's far beyond simply career-ending, though that would be their most immediate concern. Data security is a huge priority for companies today, and an incident like this could destroy them in an instant. The last thing they want is for something like this to go to court and be on the record. Extortion is perfectly legal as long as it's mediated by lawyers, lol. Taking a company to court is always your last recourse, but it works out better for everyone if it doesn't go that far.
If this was the UK a data breach like this could have resulted in a fine of upto £400,000 plus a personal fine of I think 10k to the person failing to keep data secure including up to 10 years behind bars. Harpy would definitely have been fired regardless of her standing in the company. No way she's earning the business that sort of money that could possibly be recouped in a short period
OP was nicer than I would be... I wouldn't have accepted ANY Settlement from SlimeCo. that did not include the IMMEDIATE Termination of Harpy's Employment FOR CAUSE (AKA she doesn't get Severance or Unemployment and can't be rehired by SlimeCo. in the future) and then I'd look at my Company Lawyer and ask what are my Options for Legal Action against Harpy? When he answered, I'd immediately ask him to begin whichever one would do the most damage to Harpy Legally AND Financially...ESPECIALLY if it leads to a Criminal Record that then makes her Unemployable by SlimeCo. anyway... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
I left a review calling pub staff junkies because they are and they were messing with me It had a massive effect They all could spot the main junkie straight away They didn’t sack her but reduced her hours till she making it not worth working there and got rid of it. Lol. It was hilarious and the other junkies never messed with me again. The end. Lol
Yeah, the boss’s phone was left unattended. The Harpy probably picked it up from the nightstand………
The first story, Harpy is screwing or has something on someone high up in the company, I've seen this over and over!
How else do you think she got hold of said blackberry that BELONGS to the CFO, she had access because she was in bed with him.
A "Harvey Whinestein" clone? LOL
She’s banging the cfo
You're sure it's not just the mentioned reason, that she's a high earner? If you bring in the moolah, if you *really* bring the big bucks, you can get away with a metric shitton of stuff.
@ Could be both.
6:10 if you're wondering, wood chipper for hard drives isn't too much of an exaggeration. There's a multitude of ways to destroy hdds to prevent info from leaking
I prefer the Tuxedo_Jack method of using them as target practice with a .45
we used to say: "just dump them"
I work in a company of about 60 people. 10 years ago, it was 40 people.
We have always had an HR person. Even when we were smaller, we had an HR person.
It is an investment to help prevent situations that require expensive lawyers. If they can afford to outsource IT, they can afford to outsource HR. (Though it would be better to just hire someone.)
Eh, it's a legal thing, if you have less than 40 people on payroll (minus owner) your not required to have a dedicated HR person.
In case anyone wants to know, yes the woodchipper is literal. In some highly classified situations, hard disks are put to a really strong magnet, then fed to a woodchipper to prevent data leaks.
I just love the fact that it sounds like Mylo is struggling not to laugh
1. Harpy should have been fired
2. Just WOW!!!
You should rest assured that you're complaint will last forever because what you leave on RUclips stays on RUclips
I recall a story, urban legend we hoped, that someone rented a woodchipper and mulched a companies hard drives after they did him dirty and he decided * slag it*. No idea but it sure sounded cool back in the day.
Legend has it that the company used tape drives located offsite to archive all their data. They laughed and said, who is cool now?
I've heard a less dramatic story of someone writing a program that would delete a company's data it he wasn't there to stop the timer. It went off after he was fired and he went to jail
With that first story, T.H. and the CFO might have been hooking up. THAT's how she got the information from his phone. I wouldn't doubt it.
Slimeco should have fired the lady. She is a security liability. She will do this again.
First story if a laptop is constantly rebooting odds are a tech will not be able to remote in and even attempt to see what is wrong with it.
Sounds like the company that employs Harpy deserves to be sued.
Between companies, not suing is usually more lucrative for situations like these.
I can also assure you, the "Hard drives in a wood chipper" is not just a figure of speech. That is the proper disposal method for drives containing proprietary information. Drive capacity has gotten so big that securely wiping a drive can take up to 40 hours, and they're so cheap it would cost more to wipe the drive than simply replace it, so they do have hard drive shredders which are remarkably similar to a woodchipper.
If their data is stored on leased servers, and they're in violation of a contract with that vendor, they could very quickly lose all their data and consequently, their business. Not every "cloud" has a silver lining, lol. OP's company had them by the balls, why litigate it when you have all the leverage and they haven't a leg to stand on? They'll pay more to keep it out of court than if they went to court.
I'm also guessing "Slime Co." is a law firm, based on common perceptions of lawyers. And the harpy may have a whale client and she simply can't be replaced right now. That's common. And law firms are very low-tech and often rely on third parties for handling their tech needs. And, if they lose their data, they are beyond fucked. First, much of it is privileged. They are contractually obligated to their clients to safeguard that data, and if it gets lost or destroyed, they could lose those cases, be held liable for that loss and be bankrupted overnight. And there is often a required data retention period, even for closed cases, and losing that data puts them out of compliance.
And then you have ITAR. That's the law that governs the sale of weapons to foreign powers... usually, you hear about it with gun shops, etc. But it's big in law firms. Basically, Defense contractors are some of the biggest and most litigious companies in the world. Their data falls under these same regulations. While they may not be selling guns to Russia, an email that includes specs for a fuel manifold for a tank that a company's subsidiary manufactures, in the hands of the Chinese is just as much of a violation (Just ask Boeing, Wired magazine had a good write-up on that a few years ago), and you don't always know what records you have in your possession. So, only US nationals are allowed to touch data that belongs to a defense contractor, who are very likely to be on one side or another of some legal action handled by many law firms, even if the matter is unrelated to defense. And since most e-waste ends up in China... it's a big concern. It could be a slap on the wrist, but could also be millions in fines, cancellation of the business license, disbarment, and even prison time if they let ITAR data fall into the hands of an unauthorized party. Probably the former in most cases, but the potential for extremely devastating consequences does exist. I don't know if that's at play here, but about 65% of general legal practices have at least some ITAR-protected data in their possession. Usually, it's of no consequence, but still, it's a big risk by virtue of its existence.
When they start threatening to yank hard drives, assholes pucker and checkbooks come flying out quickly, lol. They'll pay anything to avoid that. Seriously... like "Here's my car, you can have my house, take my daughter's virginity, just don't let anyone know this happened!". And I'm only dramatizing that a little... it's closer to the truth than most people care to acknowledge, lol. It's far beyond simply career-ending, though that would be their most immediate concern.
Data security is a huge priority for companies today, and an incident like this could destroy them in an instant. The last thing they want is for something like this to go to court and be on the record. Extortion is perfectly legal as long as it's mediated by lawyers, lol. Taking a company to court is always your last recourse, but it works out better for everyone if it doesn't go that far.
@@Arkryal wow, thank you for clearing up some of that. There was a lot to unpack there, but you provided plenty of easy to understand information
If this was the UK a data breach like this could have resulted in a fine of upto £400,000 plus a personal fine of I think 10k to the person failing to keep data secure including up to 10 years behind bars. Harpy would definitely have been fired regardless of her standing in the company. No way she's earning the business that sort of money that could possibly be recouped in a short period
OP was nicer than I would be...
I wouldn't have accepted ANY Settlement from SlimeCo. that did not include the IMMEDIATE Termination of Harpy's Employment FOR CAUSE (AKA she doesn't get Severance or Unemployment and can't be rehired by SlimeCo. in the future) and then I'd look at my Company Lawyer and ask what are my Options for Legal Action against Harpy? When he answered, I'd immediately ask him to begin whichever one would do the most damage to Harpy Legally AND Financially...ESPECIALLY if it leads to a Criminal Record that then makes her Unemployable by SlimeCo. anyway...
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Love it, everything is so far away, but bed was ten feet away.
Not allowed to leave the room for 2 hours? Sounds like kidnapping. You should have called the cops.
1st story….. Amy’s Baking Company is that company the OP was talking about.
Thanks again for the stories. Have a good night
You are the same guy who narrates dnd horror stories, isn't it?
New vid, yay
I left a review calling pub staff junkies because they are and they were messing with me
It had a massive effect They all could spot the main junkie straight away They didn’t sack her but reduced her hours till she making it not worth working there and got rid of it. Lol. It was hilarious and the other junkies never messed with me again. The end. Lol
Oh I think that Episode was CALLED AMY’S BAKING COMPANY OF KITCHEN NIGHTMARES ?.
Emmediate thought of the very same episode! 😂
There were a couple updates after the initial episode. Last I heard, Amy’s husband was deported back to Greece.