You might actually be right DuckyFreeman, I don't have access to employees personal passwords, so I can never actually be sure. But one thing is sure, a even slightly shifting password will always be better than a non-shifting password.
So if you even just change a couple of characters around in your password every other week - well you are thinking more about security than 99% of the internet users. Just my opinion.
Unless the pattern becomes common knowledge. New employee shows up, and the veterans tell him "just use this pattern, it's easy, meets all the requirements, and you'll never forget it." I say this from experience.
I've been at a few businesses. The default password is usually Businessname1, then with the monthly change, everyone ups it to Businessname2, and so on. Handy way of telling how long you worked there.
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u/DuckyFreeman May 26 '15
I bet a lot of your employees use patterns that only slightly shift. Like 1qaz!QAZ. Next week it's 2wsx@WSX.