Re: Push back and automate
Upvoted for same.
Work for an enormous multinational with ~120,000 employees, who until a 'normalisation exercise' and AD move a couple of months ago used a combination (due to buyouts / mergers etc.) of:
- staff number + initials (i.e 710718bjr)
- first 3 of first name + first 3 of last name (i.e. Dave Smith = davsmi, with a number appended for duplicates)
- first initial + surname (with appended number for duplicates)
We have now moved to a uniform of [firstname].{optional: middle initial}.[surname]{optional number for duplicates if middle initial doesn't differentiate}. This matches the email alias on the corporate Exchange server.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
