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Here is a HR situation for you to consider.
Many companies take precautions when IT professionals resign or are fired - precautions that some may view as extreme or overly heavy handed. I know of companies that, when you submit your two weeks notice, will escort you out of the building at that time and put you on paid vacation for that two weeks. Likewise, if an administrator (or other IT professional with access to the servers) is fired, oftentimes the person doing the firing will have company security present at the firing to escort the individual to their desk so they can collect their personal belongings, then out the door.
Why do this?
It seems there was a sysadmin in New Jersey that decided to try to extort money and a job reference from a former employer in exchange for stopping a cyber attack he had prepositioned on the company servers.
Even if you are best friends with the person resiging or being fired, and you consider that person to be the most trustworthy and reliable person, an ounce of prevention is always worth a pound of cure. It's not personal - it's what is best for the company and can save a lot of heartache (and money) in the long run.
Dr. G.
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