What year was that? I was at a startup from 2010 onward and I'm pretty sure we had physical keys until about twelve people and after that it was straight to badges. There was never a time where you could just walk in.

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hamdingers 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Late 2010s. We actually did have badges but the doors were only locked outside work hours, so nobody carried them.

The thief had to walk past a security desk in the lobby, take the elevator up to our floor, walk past a front desk to the kitchen, then open a door to get to the office area. Probably sounded like enough layers for whoever was in charge of security at the time, but both desks were frequently unoccupied during lunch.

I know we had cameras too, but I never got updates on the investigation. I suspect it was an employee at one of the other companies in our building.

	▲	mikepurvis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Interesting. I feel like most places still make you badge into the doors during business hours, and even specifically encourage not permitting tailgating, sometimes tied to a purported safety concern around being able to know who is in the building in an emergency... though honestly at most shops I bet no one has any idea how to get a report like "everyone who has badged in in since 6am this morning".