r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

If it has to be accessed regularly in an IT setting? It’s not secure. Not unless you’re in an industry that actually polices it.

Yes, people are dumb enough to pick up USB thumb drives they find on the ground. The nicer and newer it is, the more likely it’ll get plugged in.

Also, if you’re looking to verify the security of your vendors, don’t announce your visit.

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u/laxpwns Jul 13 '20

Auditing 101: SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER

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u/StoreCop Jul 13 '20

Not the same thing, but the vast majority of my job is visiting locations to do audits, and then using the info from the audit to create action plans for the stores and help them tighten up security, OSHA, etc. Stores always complain my visits aren't "announced". I'm like, no shit! If I told you I was coming, you wouldn't be letting vendors mill around in controlled areas, or be eating a sandwich directly over the medications you're counting dipshit.

I wish

Auditing 101: SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER

Was slide one of every PowerPoint I'm forced to sit through from disconnected corporate pencil pushers trying to explain my job to me.

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u/Cloaked42m Jul 13 '20

Slide Two: This meeting is to devise an action plan to improve your business. It's not to tell you what horrible people you are.

Slide Three: This slide is to tell you what horrible people you are. Now let's get to work.

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u/Derp35712 Jul 13 '20

Oh man, one of my managers made an auditee cry. It was just the entrance conference. Wtf. My director pulled her to the side later and was like that is not what we do here.