Since the company can't even send a godda-n email letting us know, does anyone know why the badge readers at 176 stopped requiring a pin?
Not that I'm complaining but I'm watching a bunch of buffoons still enter pins while it flashes red.
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@nd Early one morning I came in and found someone rummaging through the drawers and bins of co-workers cubicle. (We haven’t had keys in years. It was in a strange little area where to run the person would have had to go right past me. I was not in the mood for a confrontation so I backed away, clearing the exit and asked, in as authoritative voice as I could, “Can I help you?”
The person looked startled and stood up to face me. Turns out it was that person’s boss’s boss looking for a document. My coworker was out that day and texted where to find it. Obviously, not accurately. Still, it was frightening,
@mw A more likely scenario is someone finding a lost badge in the parking lot, a restaurant, bar, etc. and using it to sneak in to try and steal computers and other small devices. However, even the most peace loving burglar can get violent if startled or confronted. Sort of like raccoons.
Over the years I have found Dell badges at a supermarket, a local restaurant/bar, and on no fewer than four occasions in the parking lot of the Dunkin a mile down the road. I usually dropped them off with the human at the security desk.
@h3 And that same disgruntled employee can put a we-pon to your head and force you to put in your pin. Are you going to say no and give up your life? Doubt it. Statistically, your scenario is about a one in a million.
@g3 you must be a male
@h7 you must be in Texas. HEE HAW!!
@h3 Can't speak for every building but someone trying that in my building would likely find a lot of little pieces hot lead flying in their direction from multiple sources. We know the single, unarmed, morbidly obese security guard is incapable of ensuring our safety and have taken appropriate precautions.
@g3 maybe a disgruntled, laid off employee grabbing someone’s badge as they get out of their car and going into the office to shoot up the place?
Laying a bunch of people off and then reducing building security. Sounds like a plan....
@cw I have to ask. What are you afraid of? I’ve never once felt unsafe in the building or going to and from my car.
Because they no longer care about your safety
@bn The only congestion is the people being shown the door out.
I sent an email to security and was told that it’s on purpose and functioning as expected. I don’t know about others, but as a 5 ft 1 100 lb woman I feel a little less safe knowing that anyone could find a Dell badge and get into the building. Especially since they’ve cut back on human guards.
Don’t look for me after sunset, I’ll be home by then,
Basically to eliminate congestion at the doors in the morning. Specifically for the doors at the sales floor.
so do the doors open or not? Asking for my hacker friend.
The readers in the Draper building also stopped requiring a PIN. No Idea why though.