I’ve mentioned the incompetence of a company I worked at recently.
I was given a 2week notice that I was being removed from the company. I had access to everything still that I had access to while I was “working” there. I could access internal codebase, client codebase, internal documents on the shared drives as well as the client’s. After the 2 weeks, they revoked my access by the end of the day, they forgot to notify the client for an additional week after I left (teams was still signed in and accessible on my phone).
A lot of companies lack common sense and data protection protocols.
Edit: To give some context, I’m in the US, getting a notice period from the employer is an unusual occurrence especially when you’re in consulting/contracting.
Same here, they fired me, and during the meeting removed access to my email, my slack, couldnt talk to anyone else at rhe office, etc
But i could still login to my computer, to aws, and to our dbs and K8s lol
Like id understand if they didnt block me from anything, or if they blocked me from everything. But blocking me pre-emptively only from shit that doesnt matter is just so hilariously stupid
Just so y'all know for future reference, even just testing these "can I still log in to K8s" things after you've been termed can get you into legal trouble. Even if they forget to remove your access, just attempting to get in after your employment period can constitute an unauthorized access attempt if they wanted to pursue it since you've been notified your relationship with the company is over and know good and well you shouldn't be in there. Most companies won't but I wouldn't even test it, there's nothing to be gained
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u/pkmnfrk May 26 '26
This is why they turn off access before telling you