flatbield

Some of it is useful but IT practices that waste my time mean I get less done, makes me work more unpaid overtime, results in lower raises because you get less done, and destroys innovation and the company in the long run because more and more things need permission. You cannot run an innovative organization that way. One reason I left the company.

The real idiotic thing is a network where one client system compromise compromises the whole company. Bad network design.

This is exactly it. Out sourced stuff that there is no way to verify. I stopped clicking on this stuff too unless I had to. Was still never sure.

Ironic thing a company I use to work for would send out both email you need to click links to do your job then do training to not click links or even open the same kind of email. Then even test that by seeding in very realistic test email. Total stupidity. Your expected to tell the difference when there is no way to do so. The training was more CYA then anything, just blame the employee for shit company processes and security.