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Cheers for the replies. Tomorrow it's boom or bust! "Give me notice or let me get on with the work." Hope i'm on here with a smile on my face tomorrow night.
 
Yeah, but at this stage I really don't care. I used to regulary stay on 'till 7-8pm helping out, but now i'm actually working under hours. In at 9.30, out by 4.30. Not what I want to be doing but it's a case of **** it, i'm off.

Makes me look bad because I can't be ars*d with doing stuff they ask me to.
 
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I've been running network monitoring software for a few months now, and he lives on ebay, autotrader and screwfix. Thought about suggesting official use of the software, but this would make me seriously unpopular with the other emplyoees. Also streams radio1 and downloads movies all day!!

Not really one for snitching on anyone, that's managements problem.
 
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Anyway, tomorrow I either drop my pants and take it up the back door, or stand firm, and tell them to contact me once they've reached a decision. I need a holiday anyway :)
 
No.

All pc's, printers, nas drives, server and router connected to the cisco switch. Quasimodos (a change from macboy:) ) stuff connected to the netgear doodah which is connected to the cisco switch.

We have nothing else
 
Funny how you never say half the things you plan on saying once the adrenaline starts pumping.

Went into work but my boss wasn't at his desk so had to sit like a lemon for 10mins. When he finally turned up...

"I'm not here to educate all and sundry on how to do my job. This is the username and password he requires to join the domain. How he does so is down to him"

"Where are you going?" "Home, bye"
 
Nothing like that happend. I talked to my line manager for no more than a minute and went home.

Funny thing, the consultant phoned me on Friday, saying that he'd heard of my walkout. Said that he'd decided to keep away from the place for a few months aswell because he had to pander to macboys demands.

Also mentioned that there may be opening as a technician working for his company soon as he has too much work on. Guess I have to grit my teeth for a little more.
 
Well, i don't see it as my problem. But if im responsible, maybe I should. But I was just trying out the software which, legally, i'm not allowed to do, i think.

Anyway, he's the winger at work. We have a routine where some of us make cups of tea/coffee for each other. Winger actually wrote a letter to the management whining why I made tea for other people. "Couldn't they make tea for themselves?"

Of course nothing happend regarding the letter, but having to work with a back-stabbing idiot is arghhhhh! The other tea drinkers laughed themselves silly when they found out.
 
? You don't see that the downloading of illegal material is your problem?

Not really, no. Please educate me if i'm wrong. If someone decides to browse ebay and facebook and messenger all day, surely i'm not responsible.

I'll say again that the use of the monitoring software was my idea and not sanctioned my management. Looking over my shoulder I could see that he was up to no good, and the software confirmed this. Frankly I was more worried about him suing the company that I was monitoring his usage without his knowledge.
 
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All i can say to this is good luck to the other guy. he is getting what he wants and at the same time treating you as a mug. at the end of the day you are the who will get ****** due to your own bad attitude. you are the kind of network manager that i would not employ. you are your own worse enemy!!! ehtier deal with the the situation or continue to hide behind forum asking for people to say the the other guy is in the wrong. YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, THE MAC GUY IS PUSHING FOR WHAT HE CAN GET. GOOD LUCK TO HIM!!!!! YOU MUG!!!

Wow, slow down tiger. My primary role at the company isn't network manager. It's ensuring files (InDesign, Quark, Publisher, Word) get from their amateurish design and specification (300dpi, cmyk etc) to a usable format that can be transferred to a printing press. They gave me the opportunity of running the it as it was cheaper and easier than an outside source as I was constantly on site. I've worked my way up the proficiency ladder and outside of work setup systems for 3 other small companies.

But I do agree that I need to get professional about this and lock the place down. It'll obviously mean more aggro and I wouldn’t be surprised if I was told to put it back as it was.

He is indeed constantly pushing for what he can get, but what can you do when management don't really care and are happy to give in. I'm not there to fight their battles.
 
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