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Hence the quotes around 'confidential'...
These schemes work best if your company is basically sound but your boss is cutting corners. If you make a valid complain your position should be protected, but your boss's position may be at risk.
If the company just has this process as window dressing, then you could find raising a complaint is a job-shortening move.
You need to be happy you can deal with whatever the consequences might be before you raise such a complaint.
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EdVassie (11/19/2009)
Hence the quotes around 'confidential'...
These schemes work best if your company is basically sound but your boss is cutting corners. If you make a valid complain your position should be protected, but your boss's position may be at risk.
If the company just has this process as window dressing, then you could find raising a complaint is a job-shortening move.
You need to be happy you can deal with whatever the consequences might be before you raise such a complaint.
Ed, my comment had nothing to do with how well the company 'confidential' process works. The boss hears that a 'confidential' complaint was made right after someone made him aware of the same issue. Unfortunately, the boss will likely think it's the same person.
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A lot of good advice has been given. Please don't compromise your integrity.
I certainly hope it doesn't come to this, but if you are fired for refusing to install an unlicensed product, you may have some recourse under "whistleblower" laws.
Hope it's just a misunderstanding.
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i will leave the legal/ethical aspects of the situation to the other posters, as they have some good commentary, and focus on a different side of things. one of the particular problems I see from your end is the lack of 24x7 support. we use SQLSafe in our production environment, and have found it to be an excellent product - though a good bit higher in cost than Redgate's competing product. since we have licensing + maintenance, we have support through idera if/when we need it, plus upgrades whenever they come out. support for the freeware edition is only through the forums. though i don't doubt they've done a fine job on their freeware version, it would worry me to have my southbound-side on the line with no support - especially when we're talking about such a critical area as backups. whew. that would cause me endless amounts of extra unneeded heartburn. needless to say it might be worth another try at convincing them to pay out the bucks for a few licenses. if the price is a sticking point, maybe Redgate SQL backup is an alternative.
tough situation. i can't tell you for sure what i'd do in your case. that's a rock and a hard place for sure.
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Elliott W (11/16/2009)
So let me see if I got you right..
Your boss has you using software outside of the license, ie you don't have a license to use it commercially but you are..
That about sum it up?
I see two seperate things. You should in a written manner, preferably with sent and read receipts send your boss a memo stating that the company is currently using this software out of license and that continued use could get us into trouble. Don't state anything like if you don't get a license I will turn you in but make it clear continuing as is could subject the company to sanctions that could put it out of business. As soon as it is sent copy the sent mail and any receipts to a thumb drive, you want a copy, just in case.
the other item is you need to see how your boss responds, if he responds that we will continue as is, YOU need to make a decision as to what you can deal with, and if the company ever gets busted you have some cover, not sure how much.. But your boss can no longer claim he didn't know and if he does then you have proof otherwise.
When this happens it makes me wonder what OTHER software they are running that they don't have valid licenses to. I know everybody wants to save money, but sometimes companies take that too far.
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Best and most important thing is to talk to your boss about the issue first and openly.
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