greenfreak
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Let me setup the scene here...
I've mentioned my boss before. He pretty much does nothing around here, stole a laptop a while back, takes my tools/computers/surge protectors off of my work bench and doesn't bring them back, treats me with little or no respect, and coddles my supervisor who also does nothing.
About a month ago, after interrupting a conference call I was on with a user and Dell, he hands me a hard drive, tells me it's his personal HD from home, and that he wants me to install Windows 2000 on it and give it back to him by the end of the day.
Because I do 99% of the work in my department (that's not an exaggeration) and my supervisor who is supposed to be helping me does nothing, I gave the hard drive to him to do. He did it wrong, of course, and the next day my boss brought in the entire computer for him to redo. But it served my purpose--not to get into a discussion of ethics with him.
Today, my boss comes to me and tells me that someone on our Help Desk bought a personal computer for home. He then informed me he wanted me to install our company applications on her pc when it arrives here from Dell. I made a joke that I was going to start charging them for my time and he laughed and walked away.
Now... Here's the thing. I do have a problem with this, obviously or I wouldn't need advice. But I thought, if another friend of mine at work said they were having a problem with their personal computer, I would offer my help. I don't think that I would install company software because then I become liable. We don't really keep track of licenses here but it still makes me uneasy. I would probably take their computer home with me and do it there so I'm not using company time for something that isn't work related.
But what do I do? I'm trying not to let my negative feelings towards him dictate what I do here. I also know if I do this, the help desk person (who is useless when it comes to doing their job) will come to me for help on their personal computer whenever they need it. I don't want to do this. I had an idea that I would tell my boss that I'll do it if he puts it in an email and sends it to me because then my responsibility is absolved and I have proof. I was being told to do it by my boss.
I don't know. He could always get my supervisor to do it, so it's not like it won't get done. What do you think? I really don't think this guy is worth challenging my morals, I just don't know how to tell him that with a minimal amount of fallout.
I've mentioned my boss before. He pretty much does nothing around here, stole a laptop a while back, takes my tools/computers/surge protectors off of my work bench and doesn't bring them back, treats me with little or no respect, and coddles my supervisor who also does nothing.
About a month ago, after interrupting a conference call I was on with a user and Dell, he hands me a hard drive, tells me it's his personal HD from home, and that he wants me to install Windows 2000 on it and give it back to him by the end of the day.
Because I do 99% of the work in my department (that's not an exaggeration) and my supervisor who is supposed to be helping me does nothing, I gave the hard drive to him to do. He did it wrong, of course, and the next day my boss brought in the entire computer for him to redo. But it served my purpose--not to get into a discussion of ethics with him.
Today, my boss comes to me and tells me that someone on our Help Desk bought a personal computer for home. He then informed me he wanted me to install our company applications on her pc when it arrives here from Dell. I made a joke that I was going to start charging them for my time and he laughed and walked away.
Now... Here's the thing. I do have a problem with this, obviously or I wouldn't need advice. But I thought, if another friend of mine at work said they were having a problem with their personal computer, I would offer my help. I don't think that I would install company software because then I become liable. We don't really keep track of licenses here but it still makes me uneasy. I would probably take their computer home with me and do it there so I'm not using company time for something that isn't work related.
But what do I do? I'm trying not to let my negative feelings towards him dictate what I do here. I also know if I do this, the help desk person (who is useless when it comes to doing their job) will come to me for help on their personal computer whenever they need it. I don't want to do this. I had an idea that I would tell my boss that I'll do it if he puts it in an email and sends it to me because then my responsibility is absolved and I have proof. I was being told to do it by my boss.
I don't know. He could always get my supervisor to do it, so it's not like it won't get done. What do you think? I really don't think this guy is worth challenging my morals, I just don't know how to tell him that with a minimal amount of fallout.