[–] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People get mad when they feel like they weren't ready for training, but to your point, that's why we train. To make you more aware when the real thing comes. Check all of your links. Verify it's real before just clicking through.

The issue has come from some companies threatening jobs when people don't perform properly. I would love it if people saw this as just training and not a personal attack. You fell for the trick now how do you not get tricked next time? It might help if we did a quarterly report and put it on the intranet for people to see how many got clicked. Don't make it a Wall-of-Shame, but a report to see how good things have been going. Put out sample emails that were the trickiest and what were the tells. Make Security a thing that is a growth aspect, not a shaming tactic.

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  • [–] 243 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Oh man. This is brilliant for phishing training. Get through some armor. Don't let your biases get in the way. You can do a variation around this theme. One could be similar to above. Another is one that says you can opt-into this kind of thing by "Managing Preferences". You'll hit a large swath of people without them paying too much attention. I like this.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You see, I'm the guy who gives his opinion in those. The trick is to be actionable. Don't complain about things you can't give direct advice on how to correct. Be kind in how you communicate and give the benefit of the doubt in all of the language.

    Don't: Your management style is shit

    Do: It is difficult to complete my work with the lack of understanding on the business direction. I would like this communication to come from my direct manager.

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  • [–] 171 points 2 months ago (20 children)

    "Secret" just like those emails I get from HR asking my opinions about management that are completely anonymous, but don't forward this email or share the link with anyone else because it's just for me....

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  • [–] 148 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Can't put the laptop down because he's next to a pool to free up at least one hand.

    The best I can advise for him is to chew up the cigar and chase it down with the espresso martini. Then throw the laptop into the sea like a discus and get into the pool to wait for the authorities to charge him with littering.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    My wife has been doing this to start seeds for several years. Also fun for kids to plan their own and not make a huge mess. You don't need to worry about taking it out of the "pot" before putting it in the ground or larger more permanent pot. Strong recommend.

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