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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s how it can go if you refuse to be transparent and pay a generous severance. The boss says “I/the auditor needs all the passwords.” Suspicious employee gives some not all. Boss doesn’t realize it because they’re so out of the loop and the auditor thing was a ruse so they don’t catch it either. Or, they do get all the passwords, but they don’t know the 2FA involved employee’s personal phone number. Person gets termed with a very bitter taste in their mouth. Boss realizes they have incomplete information and asks former employee to help. They won’t return boss’s call or say sure, in exchange for the severance you should have offered in the first place.

In some cases they will even go back and change the passwords again for the things they still have access to. [/quote]

For most databases, the license is for the company not just one individual. Call customer support and have them reset the password and change the administrator. 
It costs nothing.

Leadership needs to get together and make a list of all the databases and accounts that this person uses. 
Speak to the employee, get the information. 
The Company then changes the passwords so that the employee can't get back in.

Fire them when they're at home so that they do not have access to the work computer again.
Cut-off their VPN access so they cannot access the system from home.

Severance is unheard of for most small orgs outside of executives and C-suite.

Handing over passwrods is a part of job performance and a succession plan as is writing your job description/ duties and responsibilities.
If you don't want it to look suspicious, have everyone do it (they should do this anyway).

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In my experience as a lawyer hired to sort it out after it goes sideways and even in some cases to try to sue the former employee, this is all a nice idea in theory, but generally blows up in the small (and let’s be real, poorly-managed) org’s face. It would be cheaper and easier to be transparent and generous. [/quote]

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