IT Worker Shares Workplace Conflict Over Email Addresses and Nicknames
A social media post from an IT professional details a workplace conflict involving two employees who share the same name, Michael Lee. When a new Vice President joined the company, he was assigned an email address with a '2' suffix because a warehouse employee had already held the primary address for eleven years. After the VP unsuccessfully attempted to claim the original email address through IT and HR, the warehouse employee updated his internal display name to 'Michael Lee (Original).' The situation escalated when colleagues began referring to the new executive as 'Sequel Mike,' leading the VP to request further IT intervention, which was denied.
This gives me joy
Change his name to Michael Hunt
Ok, I understand that this guy working there a long time should not just move because of a big boss. But, on the other hand, a VP might sometimes receive sensitive mail that is not for everyone's eyes. This is reality. So having the VP have the 2nd mail address could potentially
Adding a 2 is lazy and a lot more prone to mix ups. Better to add an initial of a middle name, abbreviate the first or lasr name, add a mr. or add a title michael.x.lee@.... m.lee@... michael.l@... mr.michael.lee@... michael.lee.management@...
If I worked in a warehouse and still had to use Teams, I would quit.
'Executive Level Management'. Treat them like toddlers at a daycare...
For people who think these things don’t happen . I worked at a company where the email address was first initial of the first name plus second name. So James Lee would be jlee Thomas Harris was tharris and so on. One of the VPs name was Carlos Anibal. So his email was canibal@….
We had a guy in our school band named Matt, but for reasons I shall not specify, his nickname was Pete. When his little brother joined, we nicknamed him Repeat. He did not appreciate it. That did not stop us.
Another proof that sequels are usually worse than the original.
Not only did this NOT happen, but also, and most importantly, a tweet is not a meme.