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Re: Need opinions - Work from home/security issues.
Subject:Re: Need opinions - Work from home/security issues. From:"Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:03:25 -0400
Hallo:
I feel the need to add:
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> From: melonie -dot- holliman -at- AMD -dot- COM [SMTP:melonie -dot- holliman -at- AMD -dot- COM]
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> Subject: Re: Need opinions - Work from home/security issues.
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> Howdy,
>
>
> About convincing them to telecommute, the only way
> is to bug them until they let you then PROVE it works.
> Well, you can threaten to leave also. Search the
> archives for justifications, but if they don't want to hear,
> only threats which you are willing to carry out might work.
>
A large company could care less of one or several or all tech writers
threatened to quit. Bomardier is huge. Besides, IMHO, you flush all
credibility with such a threat, if they don't can you as a security threat.
I'd just start looking and, after finding *and* being offered a job, resign.
At that point, the original company can consider the threat to quit and act
as it sees fit . . . which, at such a company, might involve security.
Threats to quit are not worthwhile, IMHO. HR knows you are unhappy . . ..