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Re:Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code... by Volundr on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:14PM (#38616044)
In short, the issue is that the manager didn't keep to the schedule. If they had done it at the proper time HR would have been involved and we would have gotten our notification. Instead the damage was done hours before this was scheduled to happen.

In terms of higher-ups notification the "oh shit can you recover this" call came from the CEO

I don't know what happened to the manager. I can't imagine it ended well for them, pretty much that entire section of the org was on thin ice (acquisition that didn't want to absorb into the company) so I can't imagine it ended well. I know we didn't pursue legal action against the ex-employee, which pissed me off at the time, but I can see the logic in leaving it done and dusted.

The only PHI the company held was what HR had on it's the employees, so not at risk here.

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Re:Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code... by sonicanatidae on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:00PM (#38616710)
It's often not pursued by a company unless there are literal damages. Morality, sadly, has nothing do to with the decisions corporations make.

I'm glad to know you didn't suffer for this. It happens so much in the tech world that most of us have installed creature comforts in the space under the bus. I've installed a nice recliner, a small, but tasteful lamp and a few good books to read, during my time under it.

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