Now we have to review every single Microsoft Excel workbook on our shared files folder and delete everything “that is not part of the spreadsheet.” I am not a Microsoft Excel expert, and I cannot seem to get a complete list of all the files metadata, nor do I have time to personally review thousands of files. To make matters worse, the person who forwarded the file to the customer claimed she created the Excel workbook, but the owner of the document was someone else. It seems that someone forwarded an Excel workbook to a customer, and it had “all kinds” of confidential information in the form of comments on various cells. The latest scourge is over “hidden” information in Microsoft Excel workbooks. This would be bad enough in a normal company, but in our organization, it is nearly intolerable. It is as predictable as the tides, and as changeable as the Bay of Fundy. We are constantly being pulled in one direction, and then we are told to drop everything and reverse directions. When you combine scared with no strategy, you get reactivity.
It might be a result of having had three layoffs in the last six months, but I believe the general malaise had crept into our culture long before that-the layoffs are, in that regard, merely symptomatic. Management has absolutely no vision, no strategy, and no leadership. The term walking on eggshells comes to mind it might be a neat trick, but after a while, it begins to make your arches ache. They are scared to say what they really think in meetings, they are scared to make decisions, and they are scared to talk to one another. Hey, Scripting Guy! At times, I really hate where I work. Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to remove personal and other information from Microsoft Excel workbooks in this Scripting Guys article.
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