Financial Services & Recruiting academyrecruiting on 25 Jan 2008 12:00 pm
Assumptions can be very costly
This one might not strike you at first as directly relevant to a financial services career, but I would argue it’s a very good lesson to keep in mind not only in your pursuit of a career, but in life in general. Not to mention it’s just too good a story to pass up…
Hot off the press is a story about a woman in Florida who saw what she thought was an ad for her position, assumed she was about to be fired, and was so upset she went into the office on a Sunday and deleted $2.5 million worth of architectural drawings from the firm’s server.
She’s been caught and charged, and the good news is the firm was able to recover all the drawings.
But here’s the kicker: the listing was for a position in the owner’s wife’s business, not his, so the woman’s job was never in danger.
Although, as one wag observed, it probably is now.
You can read all the details in these two articles:
“Employee’s silent rampage wipes out $2.5m worth of data”
“Disgruntled Worker Accused of Deleting $2.5 Million of Files”
We all know that old line about assumptions, but if you’re like me, I’m willing to bet that you still find yourself doing it from time to time. Don’t!
