Comment Re:An even better one (Score 1) 229
Here's the text of a blog entry I'm writing about it...
While I was out of the building one of the owners of the company and one of my superiors, Cliff Albright, went to my desk and unlocked the computer, as he had administrative rights on the company network. In a minimized browser window on the computer's desktop, my personal Gmail account was accessable.
Mr. Albright opened the window and read through a series of emails that had been exchanged between myself and the three above mentioned parties, accidentially marking a message from a Seattle-based company as "unread." When I returned from my lunch break, my computer had been reset. When I asked Mr. Albright if he had been using my computer, he responded that our accounting system had been hung on a process forcing him to reset my computer.
The following day, April 28, Mr. Albright and the Company's other other, Jeff Vojta, telephoned the above-referenced industry insider, who also represented one of the Company's suppliers, and asked him if he had been helping me locate new employment. He denied the accusation and the call ceased. Later in the day Mr. Vojta again called him and told him that he knew that he had introduced me to two specific employers and the conversation transpired from that point.
I was not made aware of the situation until I called the industry insider the following Monday, May 1, to discuss a business-related matter. That evening I purchased my own personal computer and transferred all of my personal records to it. Further, I transferred a portable copy of my personal web browser with my own bookmarks to a USB Flash Drive to use while at work.
The following morning I confronted Mr. Vojta about the situation and he did not deny that Mr. Albright had read my personal email. Further, I explained that I did not intend to leave the company, but had simply been "testing the waters." At approximately 2:30pm I was asked to a meeting with Mr. Vojta. He explained that his trust in me had been violated and he thought that I should leave the company. During that time, Mr. Albright was collecting my personal belongings from my desk. In essence, I had been fired.
I was forced to leave several personal belongings behind including the USB flash drive that was attached to the company's laptop. Housed on the drive was my personal web browser, a portable version of Mozilla Firefox which held all of my personal bookmarks. Accessing the browser and all its saved passwords, Mr. Albright again accessed my personal Gmail account until I changed the password. He also accessed my personal "weblog" that was hosted by typepad.com, again, until I changed the password.
While I was out of the building one of the owners of the company and one of my superiors, Cliff Albright, went to my desk and unlocked the computer, as he had administrative rights on the company network. In a minimized browser window on the computer's desktop, my personal Gmail account was accessable.
Mr. Albright opened the window and read through a series of emails that had been exchanged between myself and the three above mentioned parties, accidentially marking a message from a Seattle-based company as "unread." When I returned from my lunch break, my computer had been reset. When I asked Mr. Albright if he had been using my computer, he responded that our accounting system had been hung on a process forcing him to reset my computer.
The following day, April 28, Mr. Albright and the Company's other other, Jeff Vojta, telephoned the above-referenced industry insider, who also represented one of the Company's suppliers, and asked him if he had been helping me locate new employment. He denied the accusation and the call ceased. Later in the day Mr. Vojta again called him and told him that he knew that he had introduced me to two specific employers and the conversation transpired from that point.
I was not made aware of the situation until I called the industry insider the following Monday, May 1, to discuss a business-related matter. That evening I purchased my own personal computer and transferred all of my personal records to it. Further, I transferred a portable copy of my personal web browser with my own bookmarks to a USB Flash Drive to use while at work.
The following morning I confronted Mr. Vojta about the situation and he did not deny that Mr. Albright had read my personal email. Further, I explained that I did not intend to leave the company, but had simply been "testing the waters." At approximately 2:30pm I was asked to a meeting with Mr. Vojta. He explained that his trust in me had been violated and he thought that I should leave the company. During that time, Mr. Albright was collecting my personal belongings from my desk. In essence, I had been fired.
I was forced to leave several personal belongings behind including the USB flash drive that was attached to the company's laptop. Housed on the drive was my personal web browser, a portable version of Mozilla Firefox which held all of my personal bookmarks. Accessing the browser and all its saved passwords, Mr. Albright again accessed my personal Gmail account until I changed the password. He also accessed my personal "weblog" that was hosted by typepad.com, again, until I changed the password.
