http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/24/how-not-to-handle-a-resignation-gracefully
How Not To Handle A Resignation Gracefully
by Jack McKenna on Apr 24, 2010
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I should note, that instead of responding, he instead removed my email account. Real pro of him. Good thing I forwarded it to myself first :P
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Argh!
Now while the story is about who’s the bigger a hole, a fact which is debatable.
I would like to direct your attention to the email account. And, how fragile that threat is.
You should be EXTREMELY careful how you use any email address that you don’t own and control. You’re employer can nuke your email address on a whim as you are escorted out of their premises. Even your Internet Service Provider, whom you pay faithfully every month, can nuke you or change your email address on a whim. Sell out, buy out, merge, or exit the biz and you are the one who is screwed!
Your address book may go up in internet smoke in a heartbeat never to be seen again.
You try and find everyone who knows you by that email address. And, remember, you may not have given someone the address. They could have gotten it from a third party. Try and find those.
And, when you used that now lost email address to register for sites, you’re stuck with the obsolete sign on. And, don’t have a a password malfunction with the now defunct email address because you can’t get a password reset there. Good luck changing that old email address for a new one. (I’ve even seen a site restore my old one on me!)
Bottom line: If you don’t own your own domain, you are asking for trouble and the Universe will send you what you ask for when you can least afford it.
For a few bucks? Don’t say you weren’t warned.
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