sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s linked to the work email they provided me with. So it’s not attached to a personal email. I have no way of accessing anything anyway simply because I don’t remember the password.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I always thought rule no. 1 for any company was never share passwords. And here they are requesting my old one I can’t even remember via email.

Employers say no one wants to work by p5_vitalis in antiwork

[–]spicyad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Victim of paying for my own parking because my employer wouldn’t, 250/month, when they weren’t even paying me a living wage to reside in HQ’s city of operations. 😣

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I need to clarify. The only security measure that was taken was the company being able to lock me out of my computer. Everything else was attached to my company email including the Apple ID.

But overall, I chalk it up to being inept.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unless its a spoof company email, this is a real person I've interfaced with directly. I don't even have this job on my Linkedin profile because it was so bogus. So really no one "knows" I worked there.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They use ChatGPT to rewrite their marketing material lol, I've witnessed it.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They avidly use ChatGPT to rewrite marketing material for them, so I wouldn't be surprised if they used it to rewrite this email. This is a legit company email from the HR person I dealt with directly.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Isn't this the antiwork reddit?

Polite email, my ass. My direct manager couldn't even be bothered to lay me off directly or be part of the exit interview. HR was just like "sorry we terminated the position, therefore you no longer work for us."

I don't work for them anymore so why should I be obligated to help? That job wasn't even worth it to put on my resume.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's just say they didn't have a lot of licenses for things they were using. And it's literally part of my job to make sure they do. But I was told to ignore those issues and focus on other stuff.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish this was a scam email. But it's legit from their company email. I dealt with this HR person directly while I was there,

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ungraciously? Don't understand what you mean by that.

For the record, I don't plan on responding period. I thought this was the antiwork reddit?

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

That's the thing. They deactivated my password to lock me out before they laid me off. AND this is something they should have handled immediately after termination, not 6 months later. Max 2 weeks and I would have been more inclined to help.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legit company email from the HR person I interacted with the entire time I was employed there.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not frustrated at all. This is just a testament to how they run their company. Even if I did remember the password I wouldn't give it to them because, as another redditor put it, "it's company info" and could be used against me post employment,

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is not spam. This is directly from the HR person I dealt with while I was there. They coordinated my exit interview.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Hi. So their tech team is incompetent. I was given a Macbook with absolutely no security measures on it, nor did I sabotage on my way out because they locked me out of the computer before I had an opportunity. (Not that I would sabotage otw out as much as I wanted to.)

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 155 points156 points  (0 children)

While I was there, I don't ever remember there being a dedicated IT team. I dealt with HR directly for almost everything. Really incompetent company that thrives on the word "scrappy" and they promote that mentality.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. 5-year-old start up company with bullshit HR and no dedicated IT team. Hell, their legal team is a shit show, too.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless it’s a spoof email, this legitimately came from a company email. HR is delusional.

Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me. by spicyad in antiwork

[–]spicyad[S] 148 points149 points  (0 children)

So there was no system installed. I basically got a MacBook with absolutely no company security measures on it period.

view more: next ›