Reply to post:

Microsoft offers to PAY YOU to trade in your old computer for a Windows 10 device

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

We went through a headcount reduction a couple of years ago shortly after this bloke was employed and the team had to lose two staff members. Because we all have the same job title, we were all up for the chop (voluntary redundancy was offered) and being a close knit team this was upsetting. Well I say all of us, all except this guy who despite doing the same job as the rest of us had unbeknownst to us demanded a different job title once he knew he had the job. So everyone except him is called into a meeting room and told that two team members are for the chop. Questions are asked as to why he's not in there with us and we find out about his different job title which is unsettling. He's not great at his job and we're behind on a project as a result so the realisation dawns that we'll be down two staff members and carrying this bloke means we'll just get even further behind.

If he'd have had the same job title we'd have likely lost him due to LIFO and only one other team member. The boss can't do anything about it and we're stuck with this guy. As a result we missed a deadline and a bonus we were on target to get. One girl was banking on that cash to help pay for her wedding so you can imagine how she felt. When he first turned up for work we did invite him out for a drink but he said he wasn't keen on socialising with work colleagues. Not sure if he knew that this was a regular thing or not but we took his rejection as a sign.

We're not an IT support department and don't set the IT policy which is done at corporate level in another country so you'd need to ask them about different OS choices. Not going to waste time and risk getting fired by breaking IT policy and employment terms and conditions by changing his OS to 7. You've got quite a nasty streak though suggesting that we have him install Classic Shell and getting himself into trouble that way. Even we draw the line somewhere. Staff are not allowed to install software themselves and must put all requests through the IT support department for properly licensed and audited software.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon