Posted by zenhussy on June 11, 2003, at 0:19:40
In reply to Re: Just tired of it (work stuff), posted by noa on June 10, 2003, at 23:44:50
Noa,
Be sure to have hard copies of all these e-mails if you can. Get everything off of your work computer (I'm assuming you are in an office with the whole pc world of endless e-mails that waste time and hamper productivity) that is non work related. Clear out logs of instant messages if you use any of those programs on your machine.
I'm sure someone here has more specific advice about how to wipe your hard drive so that your company cannot delve into your pc to come up with anything against you. I'm not saying you have anything to worry about on your pc but it is within most companies rights to access anything on any desktop that is their property.
I found this out after I had left my last company but was lucky. A coworker wiped my drive clean before the IT dept. could come snoop for anything relating to the incompetence of my immediate boss---I kept documentation of his errors and flub ups so that it wouldn't come back to me. But as I left the company in a hurry I didn't have time to clean out the pc. My coworker told me he finished wiping my drives about an hour before the IT dept. came to take my machine---same day I left.
Document everything if you are leaving because it does sound as if there could be infractions of the ADA. I know that the NAMI website has links to the disabilities act and what it does and does not cover. But from what it sounds like there is some shaky business going down in your company.
Disengaging is healthiest but I just want to make sure that you aren't going out with your head hanging. You have nothing to be ashamed of and you've just learned a life lesson about the interoffice politics of petty people. Bummer it might come at the cost of your job that you do seem to like. However your health is NOT worth any amount of crap that bosses toss in your way.
Please take care and do update. I'll be leaving soon but hope to find some access where I'm going, otherwise I'll be back mid next month.
zenh.
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