Performance evaluations

Well, the hardware tech got around to re-imaging the IT Manager’s laptop, much to my amusement. The IT Manager was not happy and has launched some internal investigation to find the ‘joker’ that ‘violated acceptable user policies’ on so many of the office machines. He feels he needs to crack down the amount of ‘practical jokes’ going on. I take offence at that, wasn’t a practical joke at all – well, the Live CD’s were, but his machine was an unashamed act of pure vandalism.

But, our intern has not escaped my games today. After getting bored with this head of department from this morning (and yes, her home directory isn’t very homely anymore, unless you live in a home recently burgled leaving nothing but some old milk and cheese in the fridge), I decided to play with various log files.

I know he’s going to get his end of week evaluation tomorrow morning, which includes going over things like how punctual you’ve been, amount of time taken on breaks, internet usage times, etc. They’re now showing him rocking up anywhere between 5 and 25 minutes late the last 4 days, leaving a couple of minutes early each night, and taking a few extra minutes each break period. Plus, there are a number of ‘Access Denied’ messages for his Internet usage.

It’s nothing that will get him booted out, wouldn’t be any fun that way, but certainly enough for him to get a rap on the knuckles and leave him squirming to think of excuses.