Agency asking for laptop log-in details following termination

[SlipTheJab]

At my last permie place we had an Indian contractor leave and shortly after I was sorting out his laptop to convert it into a pool laptop for WFH, he left his entire life on there, scans of his passport, driving licence bank statements etc. I could also access his work email account which was full of jobserve and matrimonal emails, looks like he spent most of his time at his client looking for jobs and brides

[seanraaron]

At my last permie place we had an Indian contractor leave and shortly after I was sorting out his laptop to convert it into a pool laptop for WFH, he left his entire life on there, scans of his passport, driving licence bank statements etc. I could also access his work email account which was full of jobserve and matrimonal emails, looks like he spent most of his time at his client looking for jobs and brides

Wow. I stopped using company machines for personal biz long ago. I even have a MiFi contract just to keep my kit off their network - filtering personal email and other crap is a pain anyway.

[Boo]

After leaving a gig (following giving notice) 5 days ago my agency has contacted me to say the end client has a query with laptop password and needs it to get in. In all the contracts I've had this has never been asked of me before after leaving. To be honest I've forgotten the log-in details now anyway. Has anyone else experienced this?

Not really, I always set the password on any work machines back to "password" and leave a post-it on the screen to say what I've done.

It seems hard to beliwve that you've forgotten your logon after 5 days too...

Boo

[WTFH]

I was contracting into a client a few years ago. When I left I removed all the personal stuff from the laptop, but left the business stuff on it.
Came back 2 years later, got a new laptop. They did a backup of the old laptop when I left, then restored the data from it onto the new one when I came back.


I take my iPad to client sites, but would not take my own laptop. It becomes a ballache if you are travelling and have to carry two laptops everywhere. I'm contracted to the client to work for them, not to work for myself/others. Their computer, their work.
The "personal" things on their laptop will be my passport/airline/hotel loyalty card info and that's about it - so that when ClientCo is booking flights/hotels, I can make sure I get my points.
For personal emails I use the Internet.

[MrMarkyMark]

At my last permie place we had an Indian contractor leave and shortly after I was sorting out his laptop to convert it into a pool laptop for WFH, he left his entire life on there, scans of his passport, driving licence bank statements etc. I could also access his work email account which was full of jobserve and matrimonal emails, looks like he spent most of his time at his client looking for jobs and brides

I hope you defrauded him in some way, otherwise a missed opportunity

[BrilloPad]

After leaving a gig (following giving notice) 5 days ago my agency has contacted me to say the end client has a query with laptop password and needs it to get in. In all the contracts I've had this has never been asked of me before after leaving. To be honest I've forgotten the log-in details now anyway. Has anyone else experienced this?

Have you been paid yet?

[LondonManc]

If I need to send a personal email during the day, I'll use my phone.

What century are you lot living in?

[WTFH]

At my last permie place we had an Indian contractor...
I could also access his work email account which was full of jobserve and matrimonal emails, looks like he spent most of his time at his client looking for jobs and brides

I didn't know BrilloPad was Indian.

[MrMarkyMark]

I didn't know BrilloPad was Indian.

I had him down as Chinese, the plot thickens....

[SlipTheJab]

I hope you defrauded him in some way, otherwise a missed opportunity

I was still in touch with him, he was a good bloke, we all ripped the p!ss out of him when we met up for a curry a few months later