sad to report...

[John Boffemmyer IV]

Yes all, very understandable. The problem lies in the following facts:
The scrapper in question is known to resell the used common PC's at 
local computer fairs under a different company name.
The majority of the equipment was quietly carted into moving trucks 
to go to the scrapper early this morning before I found out about it.
My employer will not budge on it- no negotiating.
I do pay attention to my job, very much so. Higher ups and co-workers 
are noticing an increase in our department efficiency since I signed on.
Internal scams are not really happen-place with my company. They have 
a LOT of internal safeguards and security and manned cameras, 24/7. 
You must document the crap out of things often and only then, you get 
limited use/access to it. Exceed that, multiple security guys pay you 
a visit with a file box and a request for your badge while they baby 
sit you to the door.
-John Boffemmyer IV

At 06:39 PM 12/8/2005, you wrote:

>When I worked for DEC back in the late 70s / early 80s, they had a 
>wonderful scrap / salvage center in the Mill complex (basement of 
>building 5 IIRC) that sold off  'scrapped' DEC parts to employees 
>that would have otherwise gone to the smelter. Just about anything 
>DEC made could show up there (albeit in pieces, not whole systems).
>
>I seem to remember that DEC mgmt finally shut it down when they 
>discovered that some employees were internally buying new DEC 
>equipment, dismantling it and sending the pieces to 'scrap', where 
>they would then go buy them for 'personal' use at a deep discount (I 
>think the person running the salvage operation would put this good 
>stuff aside when it arrived, for a small fee, of course).
>
>I don't think it ever reopened after this fiasco.
>
>William Donzelli wrote:
>
>>>my company that i work for has just decommissioned an hp9000 
>>>system for scrap and 11 dec vt420's circa 1991, unopened, with 
>>>keyboards. they did not give option on taking them or buying them =/
>>>don't you hate it when the bean counters get involved because they 
>>>think the scrappers will not be jerks and resell what they get 
>>>instead of doing their jobs and just scrapping it and keeping it 
>>>from the employees for personal use?
>>>
>>
>>The problem tends to be the employees reselling the surplus. And after
>>that, little underground networks within the company form up to make sure
>>that certain items are decommissioned and go to certain employees. You can
>>see where this is going.
>>
>>Yes, it sucks, and some bad eggs in your company probably spoiled it for
>>everyone.
>>
>>Also,  it seems to me that every so often someone comes up with new
>>VT420s, anyway...
>>
>>William Donzelli
>>aw288 at osfn.org
>>
>>
>>


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