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May 1st, 2007, 02:53 PM
Drakain Zeil

When asked why you want to change employers, I like to say zomgf i love this company, it's better than my current one blah blah.
May 2nd, 2007, 07:36 PM
brokencrow

I go thru the same thing on my job. This place is a fustercluck. 2 of us
doing support for 400 desktops and 150 remote users. And my co-worker
won't delegate any of the server work because "she's not training her
replacement" (which I'm not!).

Fortunately, I like my job. I hate the business though. Horse is right; put
on a happy face and start looking. I am...

C'est la vie. ;)
May 2nd, 2007, 09:31 PM
fourdc

What I've done in the past is to take on hidden jobs that no-one knows are being done. After a while no-one even notices. eventually you leave and the void becomes noticed.
May 3rd, 2007, 05:48 AM
souleman

ITG... Same type of thing happened to me... Basically, the management at my company was a bunch of f'ing morons (some of you probably remember when I was working for them, because I was on AO for like 15 hours a day then). But, then they decided they didn't "need" me any more. Though I still got calls from them after, asking passwords to thing, because, even though "security was an issue" they didn't have access to 1/2 the crap on the network.

Anyway, it took a while, but I started a new job. Teaching computers of all things. Went from being paid $12 an hour full time (40+ hours per weak), to teaching part time (6-8 hours a weak) and making $59 an hour. My takehome pay is the same now as it was then, and I have to payout for part of my insurance, and I work less then 1/4 of the same hours. Which, btw, is great, especially now, since I had a son last summer.
May 3rd, 2007, 12:20 PM
steve.milner

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehorse13

Unfortunately, this is just how the game is played. Walk around there smiling like you just won the lottery. That'll mess with their heads nicely. That should keep you entertained until you find a new place to hang your hat. Don't waste time being pissed about it. This move has happened to all IT people at least once (including myself) so focus your energy on new horizons.

--TH13

Don't forget to ask for a pay rise about this time.

Steve
May 5th, 2007, 07:03 PM
Info Tech Geek

Quote:

Originally Posted by Negative

I guess it's understandable that you're p/d off - nobody likes to be bypassed (whether it is justified or not)... Your post sounds like you just wanted to vent, and that's fine. If you're looking for advice - and I should know better, since you're obviously just venting, which, again, is fine - why do you feel like you're being bypassed? Do you not have a contract that tells you exactly what your duties and rights are (and position, for that matter)? If they keep you because you're "the only one that knows anything about the network", wouldn't it be in their best interest to keep you? ...

Just wondering :)

They are creating a job title with duties now (however, I am actively looking elsewhere).
May 5th, 2007, 07:06 PM
Info Tech Geek

BTW, The company is a financial company and the security is null, I guess it is best to leave before someone notices the security flaws, because it is only time before someone hacks (i mean walks in through one of the security holes).
May 5th, 2007, 07:16 PM
brokencrow

Quote:

Originally Posted by Info Tech Geek

BTW, The company is a financial company and the security is null, I guess it is best to leave before someone notices the security flaws, because it is only time before someone hacks (i mean walks in through one of the security holes).

Yeah, it's amazing how lax some of these outfits are. I work in an ITAR
facility which manufactures machine tools for the defense industry and
exports quite a bit, too. Our machines tools are used to manufacture
everything from cars to tanks to planes. And there is little or no computer
or network security as of yet outside of AD. I routinely run virtual machines
and no one has a clue. This promises to change in the next six months
via a series of network upgrades, but we'll see. Chit, we don't even know
where all our computers are (we got about 150 remote users)...
May 5th, 2007, 07:42 PM
Info Tech Geek

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokencrow

Yeah, it's amazing how lax some of these outfits are. I work in an ITAR
facility which manufactures machine tools for the defense industry and
exports quite a bit, too. Our machines tools are used to manufacture
everything from cars to tanks to planes. And there is little or no computer
or network security as of yet outside of AD. I routinely run virtual machines
and no one has a clue. This promises to change in the next six months
via a series of network upgrades, but we'll see. Chit, we don't even know
where all our computers are (we got about 150 remote users)...

WOW! I left a company 2 years ago that built military engines and I was heavily involved with the DoD & DSSA.
May 5th, 2007, 08:25 PM
brokencrow

This outfit's so cheap. We've got 30-some odd servers onsite, and not a
single one of them has even so much as a 1 GHZ processor. We aren't running
any server hardware newer than 6 or 7 years old (yet). Most of the servers
are actually converted desktops or workstations. We actually have gone
to eBay to get older HDD's for some of the servers (we do have a few servers
running RAID arrays).

The IT dep't was gutted about 3 years ago when the company was owned
by someone else and milked for the cash. My favorite is a quote from the
new owner, "This is a machine tool company, not an IT company."

Such is life in Hell...

:rolleyes:

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