That guy was a six figure paid SW engineer, who stole IP for the opportunity to jump ship to an even better paid gig at Nvidia, not a minimum wage fast food worker who couldn't take it anymore.
Scammers will always be scammers and will use any excuse and opportunity to get ahead, no matter how much you trust, value and pay them, they'll always want more from you even when you have no more to give. They'll bankrupt you gladly if they can get away with it, out of greed, envy, spite and malice, I saw this when my parents ran a small business.
In globalized multinational companies, you can't defend from this using mutual trust and respect, only by strict IP protection, law enforcement, fines and jail time as a deterrent.
Please don't straw man me. Discuss in good faith, and don't invent things I didn't say. I never said anything remotely close to that being allowed. I said that it could happen even if you don't terminate all their accesses the moment they're let go. And the fact that some people have to worry about it reflects on how the employer behaves or the trust in the society.
I'm not. That's just the only logical takeaway from your comment saying: "I think if you treat your employees with respect, they don't feel the need to this kind of retaliation."
How else would you interpret it, rather than a veiled threat that if employees don't get their way then they'll steal or sabotage you? Please explain in detail. If you feel you're not treated the way you want to, then quit and find another job, don't steal or sabotage your employer.
> I said that it could happen even if you don't terminate all their accesses the moment they're let go.
Yeah, but it's WAAY more likely to happen AFTER you give them notice of termination since breaking relationships be them romantic or employment, can cause people to do illegal things like steal from their employer or murder their spouse in an impulse of revenge, when they hear their relationship is being terminated. All this is documented from decades of police and legal records, and companies know this, so they take preventive measures.
>And the fact that some people have to worry about it reflects on how the employer behaves or the trust in the society.
Companies worry about it because some people are gonna be evil thieves no matter how well they're treated.
If you want to get better treatment then negotiate better, talk to lawyers, organize in unions, vote, go protest, pester your representatives, but don't break the law or steal from your employer in revenge, as that reflects badly on all workers, and the economic, legal and societal costs of a few thieves will be distributed on the honest ones in forms of more workplace surveillance, higher cost of doing business, higher insurance premiums, etc all of which have a negative upstream effect on wages and employment opportunities.
Which is what makes it hard for you to fathom it doesn't have to be that way you experience. When my company laid of half it workforce two years ago, everyone stayed for a few weeks to help in the transition, with the same accesses as before. Because we were treated nice all the years working there, and with respect during the process, it was absolutely no ill feelings or any risks of people doing what you describe.
So again, please read and answer comments in good faith. It's your mind that's not open enough for alternatives here, please bear that in mind - don't use your own closed mindedness to misread my comments.
Edit: your other comments in this thread shows you absolutely loathe your employers. I feel sorry for you having had those experiences, but don't assume they're global.