Employee arrival and departure 1

[SteveTheGeek]

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At my last company, it (and is) standard practice to back up the user data on the workstation or laptop of a departing employee and then wipe the machine's drive and reinstall the OS and apps for the next user of it. At my current company, I've been told it is a waste of time and that we shouldn't bother with such things. So naturally, I thought it worth raising on tek-tips: where do your thoughts and/or your company's policies fall on the matter?

 

[hinesward]

Important data should be on the network, first and foremost. But you never know what users are going to do. I backup data and the user's e-mail as well. Of course, you should make two backups.

If illegal activity is involved, then do whatever your lawyer says.

It's always nice to give a new employee a fresh system if you can't give them a new one.

Unfortunately, I have heard of at least one case of a user having a program on their computer and then being unable to find the install media. In the case, leaving the computer alone was the only way to maintain use of the program.

 

[Welshbird]

Wow.

I've never given out the install media to anyone.

I have all install media centrally and can install it remotely when required.

Fee

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