Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
Jan 16th 2013, 1:58 pm
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Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
I like this on the BBC
Not much security issues though eh?
Not much security issues though eh?
A security check on a US company has reportedly revealed one of its staff was outsourcing his work to China.
The software developer, in his 40s, is thought to have spent his workdays surfing the web, watching cat videos on YouTube and browsing Reddit and eBay.
He reportedly paid just a fifth of his six-figure salary to a company based in Shenyang to do his job.
The employee, an "inoffensive and quiet" but talented man versed in several programming languages, "spent less than one fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him", Mr Valentine said.
"Authentication was no problem. He physically FedExed his RSA [security] token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during the workday. It would appear that he was working an average nine-to-five work day," he added.
"Evidence even suggested he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area. All told, it looked like he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about $50,000 (£31,270) annually."
The software developer, in his 40s, is thought to have spent his workdays surfing the web, watching cat videos on YouTube and browsing Reddit and eBay.
He reportedly paid just a fifth of his six-figure salary to a company based in Shenyang to do his job.
The employee, an "inoffensive and quiet" but talented man versed in several programming languages, "spent less than one fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him", Mr Valentine said.
"Authentication was no problem. He physically FedExed his RSA [security] token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during the workday. It would appear that he was working an average nine-to-five work day," he added.
"Evidence even suggested he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area. All told, it looked like he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about $50,000 (£31,270) annually."
Jan 16th 2013, 2:46 pm
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
Should have been promoted 
Jan 16th 2013, 2:56 pm
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
That's ingenious!
Jan 16th 2013, 4:49 pm
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"watching cat videos on YouTube"
and outsources job to a culture where cat is on the menu, the irony...
and outsources job to a culture where cat is on the menu, the irony...
Jan 17th 2013, 1:58 am
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Jan 17th 2013, 3:32 am
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
What a bloody good idea
Jan 17th 2013, 3:45 am
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
This guy is a winner.
Jan 17th 2013, 4:49 am
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
How can i do this?
Jan 17th 2013, 4:51 am
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Re: Employee 'outsourced his own job to China'
Yeah, he no longer works for the company. I bet the Chinese still do though, right?
