This pilot fish is updating the company's intranet welcome page with information from the HR department."It's a Word document regarding updates to our 401(k) program, with a link where employees can visit to update their own investment allocations," says fish."When I move my mouse over the link, I notice the 'CTRL + click to follow link.' I do so, and go back to another window where I was working."But when fish finally glances at his Web browser to look at the 401(k) information, he gets a shock: Instead of information on a retirement plan, it's a page of scantily clad women and links to pornographic Web sites.He goes back to the Word document. The URL looks fine -- it's the correct domain for the company's pension-plan provider. But when fish rolls the mouse over the link, it shows up with "www.xxxxxxx.com" as the address.He can guess how it probably happened -- a placeholder address got changed in the visible text but not in the link.But it's still not what he expects -- especially coming from HR.Fish chuckles, "I wonder what kind of 401(k) program we decided to switch to!"Sharky's holding a place for your true tale of IT life. Send it to me at Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. You'll snag a snazzy Shark shirt if I use it. Comment on today's tale at Sharky's Google+ community, and read thousands of great old tales in the Sharkives.Get Sharky's outtakes from the IT Theater of the Absurd delivered directly to your Inbox. Subscribe now to the Daily Shark Newsletter.

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