The system was set to back up to their home computer so they could review daily’s during an extended period out of office
They weren't meant to have access or a copy IIRC when the story came out. The fact they did while against whatever protocol in place meant the movie wasn't completely and utterly wiped because of incompetence since it was deleted not just once but twice from the main company server[s].
Directly from an article from inside the magic and matches up from what I can remember reading in the “The Pixar Story.” Some of the scene and asset files were still deleted and not backed up on her computer and ended up being lost.
A Pixar employee named Galyn Susman, who was the supervising technical director on Toy Story 2 had been working from home after the birth of her baby. The film’s files were automatically sent to her on a weekly basis, and she kept all of the files on her personal home computer.”
Either way as long as the employee is abiding by their NDA and are not filling their machine with viruses there is no harm in them working from home.
They weren't meant to have access or a copy IIRC when the story came out. The fact they did while against whatever protocol in place meant the movie wasn't completely and utterly wiped because of incompetence since it was deleted not just once but twice from the main company server[s].
Directly from an article from inside the magic and matches up from what I can remember reading in the “The Pixar Story.” Some of the scene and asset files were still deleted and not backed up on her computer and ended up being lost.
Either way as long as the employee is abiding by their NDA and are not filling their machine with viruses there is no harm in them working from home.