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In response to "we cut 21%. they're asking for another 15%. we're suggesting they chill the f*ck out because this whole joint is running on IT right now." by amanda

Seriously. Such is the curse of IT. Chronically undervalued. They never notice you unless something isn't working. -- nm

Posted by Open Baron (aka BaronWasteland) May 26 '20, 05:46

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I keep telling our CIO that the reason they think they can cut is because IT is invisible to them. they don't see the value because they've never had - amanda May 26, 05:52 5
- Tell the CIO that he has any of his requests have to be added to the IT Work Plan each January and there are no resources for more. - Walt_Disney May 26, 06:19
- Wait til Outlook and Calendar-ing stop working...whoa boy -- nm - budice May 26, 05:55 3
  - I think the plan is to tell them that we need to move to google for productivity if they want to cut more. -- nm - amanda May 26, 06:02 2
    - "We are hereby disabling the inclusion of any attachments to email, thereby saving the company 90% in monthly bandwith usage fees. - Open Baron May 26, 06:05 1
      - You can only reply to one person instead of reply all. Send 50 individual emails/invitations instead. -- nm - jnine May 26, 07:22
And when everything is working, they wonder what they pay you for. - Shaun May 26, 05:52 1
- exactly this. -- nm - amanda May 26, 05:52

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