@scottalanmiller said in Changing Lana number:
@wrcombs said in Changing Lana number:
@scottalanmiller said in Changing Lana number:
@wrcombs said in Changing Lana number:
Thank you for the information, however, not everybody got the memo to quit using LANA and move to IP.
Yes, they did. Don't make excuses for inexcusable behaviour. If there is one lesson to be learned from where you are working now, it's that you have to stop pretending that there are valid reasons or excuses for how things are being done.
They are breaching their PCI contracts, they are putting customers at risk, they are acting incredibly unprofessionally and unethically. There are no excuses for their decisions. They have agree to not do this contractually and have legal obligations to not do this; as IT professionals they have ethical obligations to not do this.
Call it what it is - unethical and inexcusable.
The only reason I post in ML when I have questions or am unclear on things is because of the level of intelligence in the community, it's the only way I can learn. I take what is being told to me here and take it to the table at work during our meetings. I do my best to make the office understand the points being brought up. But they also have a " your new, you don't understand " mantaility. So everything I say goes in one ear and out the other, I understand what your saying, I'm not making excuses , I'm relying information back to as best I can from my chain of command if you will, I get information, I send it up, it gets tossed around and I get an answer back.
I would not relay information back. Posting here to learn, great. Posting here to bring ethical and technical information back to people who definitely know better and decided to do things badly for unethical reasons does not benefit you nor them. It only puts you in the line of fire.
There is a lot for you to learn here. Some technical (what the heck IS a LANA number), some business (how are they making money by doing things badly and "illegally"), some professional ethics (identifying when people are just scumbags ripping others off) and some pure professional (how does it benefit my career to rock the boat and point out when others are scamming customers and vendors?) Learning is great, definitely learn.
But also be careful. Be tactical, don't expose how much you know of what they are doing. What you say is definitely NOT going in one ear and out the other, you are making yourself as an IT Pro, which is not what they want. They want either a complacent assistant who helps them breach contracts; or they want a scapegoat (this is not very likely, but be careful.)
Telling them that you know that they are doing things wrong (not badly, that's different, this is clear cut ethical breaches that should result in fines or lawsuits) only is logical if you truly believe that they are so dumb that they don't know anything. This isn't plausible, don't even consider that a possibility here. These are people who know darn well what they are doing. So pointing out that they are being bad people isn't going to change them, nor is it going to protect customers, and it definitely won't benefit you.
Identify that they are scum, start looking for another job. Keep quiet until you find it. Call them in once you leave.
I keep my head low, and only bring up the topic, and that I think there are better ways as a company to do things for example my Windows Firewall thread (forgive me I don't know how to create a short cut URL yet) I simply waited until the topic came up and made a suggestion. That's about the extent of what I send up the ladder at my job.
I do appreciate that I have the opportunity to learn in the community, and you, yourself for being a huge impact on my learning in IT because of your professional experience and your willingness to teach. So thank you
