IT Contractors

[el duder]

have recently finished contract with said company, could have been on better terms but that said, it was a clean break.

however, since leaving, i have been on the end of some bully tactics.

first, after giving back equipment to the IT departement, myself and my girlfriend have been subject to childish offensive messages and emails from the guys at IT support.

this has continued and does not look like it will stop.

i do admit, that i have been a little crass in leaving my personal details to be accessed via my old equipment, however due to the nature of the job i thought that a professional IT team, would not take advantage of this and use it as prey.

what are your thoughts?

can i do anything to stop this?

although i have left personal details on work equipment, that surely does not make it right for that information to be abused?

[BoredBloke]

Personally I would get all the evidence together and then send a complaint to the company. I would direct this complaint to the MD ofthe company and then see if the messages stop. If they don't then take it up with the authorities. It sounds very unprofessional of their IT support to be doing this.

[MarillionFan]

and how does this abusive crap come through. Email from hotmail accounts or work accounts, attempts at hacking etc.

Personally in situations like this(but Ive never been in it) I would have gone back to the office and punched the offending oik so ******* hard, he wouldnt have been sending you abusive email as he'd be in hospital.

Thats assuming your a big bruiser bully like my self.

[el duder]

that did cross my mind.

just to get the point across.

i have been a little niave. when i recieved the abusive txts, i emailed the said IT employee with a very threatening email.

the abuse has been coming in on my hotmail account and via txt message to my personal phone and my girlfriends phone.

[cojak]

Tony's right - this needs to be tackled asap - don't delete the messages and start digging into the Data Protection act.

I think Privateeye might be of some help to you with this if he's around.

[MarillionFan]

I think you need to follow up with the threatening email, go around and confront him in front of everyone.

Take him down, TAKE HIM DOWN!!!!

[stackpole]

You seem to have had a lot of trouble with this job. Is it the one Rebecca Loos helped you get? If so I'd blame her.

[privateeye]

just to get the point across.

i have been a little niave. when i recieved the abusive txts, i emailed the said IT employee with a very threatening email.

the abuse has been coming in on my hotmail account and via txt message to my personal phone and my girlfriends phone.

Keep all the emails and text messages as evidence, if they are coming from a work place you can make a direct comlaint there. You can also complain directly to the ISP/phone company. They have a set procedure for dealing with this type of thing. The other option is the Police.

The one problem you have is that you have said you sent them a very threatening email so you need to be careful how you complain.

I would suggest as a first option to reply that you have kept all correspondence and will involve the Police, the employer, and Phone/ISP company ie instantiate criminal proceedings - this guy seems a jerk leaving such a trail as email and txts and you may need to remind him that he has left a trail. You could just go straight ahead and make a formal complaint anyway. All calls even if the number is withheld can be traced by the Exchange.

[MarillionFan]

Give us the hotmail account, we'll try and hack in to it!!

[Mordac]

Thats assuming your a big bruiser bully like my self.

Look, you might be a bit of a fat fecker, but you're not exactly bouncer material. Unless thrown off a 12th floor balcony, that is...