07/31/2026
An electrician or office coordinator leaves your company, and their email account is still active six months later.
It happens more than most owners realize. Nobody closes it out because nobody owns that step. The password hasn't changed. If that person had access to customer records, vendor accounts, or your QuickBooks login, that door is still open.
This isn't about bad intentions. It's about a missing step in your offboarding process.
Here's what I'd do if this were my business: pull up your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace admin panel this week and look at every active account. Cross-reference it against who's actually on payroll.
Any account attached to someone who's gone gets disabled immediately, not deleted. Disabled preserves the email history. Deleted creates a different problem.
That one check takes less than 20 minutes and closes a gap most owners don't know is sitting there.
Questions? DM me.