“He’s trying to make sure the employees aren’t going to sabotage the system.”
I have a feeling that’s been going on behind the scenes for at least a month in anticipation of the takeover. Probably someone’s been designated to flip a dead man’s switch as he walks out the door.
>>behind the scenes for at least a month in anticipation of the takeover
With code frozen, wouldn’t you search code from latest to earliest to see what was changed most recently? And, importantly, WHO changed what. Gives you the priority firing list.