I have now left schools IT!!

[Potato-Peeler]

As of this hour I am no longer a school techie! I will now work for a company who does IT outsourcing. Wish me luck

No more kids or teachers!!!

[laserblazer]

Good luck

[Devontechie]

Good Luck

[IanT]

Good Luck

[witch]

Good luck - what sort of companies will you be working with now?

[Potato-Peeler]

Good luck - what sort of companies will you be working with now?

 

A company who does outsourcing IT ,as a 2nd and 3rd line support analyst

[elsiegee40]

No more kids or teachers!!!

 

You'll miss them really!

 

God luck and don't forget to come and (gloat) see us!

[bossman]

@Potato-Peeler:

 

Who's anal will you be lysting? hehe!! (just couldn't resist) good luck

[Guest theeldergeek]

Well, good luck. I wouldn't change this job for anything less than a very significant 'carrot'.

 

I've worked in 'corporate' IT myself and I personally wouldn't want to do it again. Strict SLA's, demanding users, profit driven managers, spare part logistical nightmares and field engineers with attitude.

 

Give me teachers and kids any day!

[pauljonze]

Good luck!

[IanT]

I used to work for a IT Outsourcing company in London, was great fun but got very tired of it.............went back to education lol

[Sarconia]

 

I've worked in 'corporate' IT myself and I personally wouldn't want to do it again. Strict SLA's, demanding users, profit driven managers, spare part logistical nightmares and field engineers with attitude.

 

Give me teachers and kids any day!

 

I used to work for a company where we had to deal with both strict SLA's, demanding users, profit driven managers who used to stomp around the office flailing their arms, field engineers who had attitude as well as no clue and teachers, kids, SMT along with all I.T personnel. It was absolute hell!

 

As long as you've only got a few of those issues to contend with, you'll be alright, good luck

[Iain.Faulkner]

Best of luck...you'll be back :-)

 

I thought the grass was greener in corporate IT about two years ago, and unfortunately it turned out as Eldergeek described it "Strict SLA's, demanding users, profit driven managers, spare part logistical nightmares and field engineers with attitude" not for me.....I got back into School's as quickly as I possibly could :-)

 

Give me teachers and students any day.

[MatthewL]

I'd rather work in the world of corporate, schools and kids, don't think it would work for me.

 

Hope you enjoy your time in the world of corporate.

[mikes]

Well, good luck. I wouldn't change this job for anything less than a very significant 'carrot'.

 

I've worked in 'corporate' IT myself and I personally wouldn't want to do it again. Strict SLA's, demanding users, profit driven managers, spare part logistical nightmares and field engineers with attitude.

 

Give me teachers and kids any day!

 

Agreed. I sometimes think about leaving my Secondary School job but I quickly remember how bad it was working in Corporate IT.

When I first started in the School it was hard to believe the freedom I had, I had been used to being watched over by a "foreman" for every minute of my shift.

 

Some firms really do squeeze you like a lemon. I worked phone support for a DSL ISP for half a year or so, it was non stop: call, 20 seconds to write it up, another call, 20 seconds to write it up, call.... you take too long to write up and you'll have a manager at your desk "You've spent an entire minute writing up this call. What's going on?". Then I'd get told off for not properly writing up a call log.

I got disciplined for being 30 seconds late from lunch.

 

Once did data entry using those "OCR" pens (you write with them as per a normal pen, it digitizes the text with a sensor) and I got sacked for not filling in the forms quickly enough. People were filling them in as fast as they could, and I could tell the output would be garbage (as OCR really does require neat handwriting). I was taking my time, trying to make sure the characters came out correctly. Not good enough for them, obviously I'm a lazy, no good slacker.

 

OK, the pay is bunk working School IT, but here I even have a little bit of respect, unlike every firm I've worked for ever. They'd need to pay me 5K+ more to switch, easily.

The kids and teachers aren't that bad, really. (The kids are much nicer and more respectful than any of the managers I've ever had)

 

Been working in a School for 2 years and still ain't used to being called "Sir"

 

Anyway, sorry for turning this into a big long rant about nothing. Those jobs were all bottom rung entry level jobs. I know it's different once you get a "real job" (and so you are lucky there )

Good luck mate

Edited May 4, 2010 by mikes

[mrbios]

best get a name change from potatoe peeler to chief tea boy then!

[Guest theeldergeek]

Agreed. I sometimes think about leaving my Secondary School job but I quickly remember how bad it was working in Corporate IT

 

For me, personally, I'm allowed to do my job the way it needs to be done, not the way 'company policy' dictates it should be done. I'm a professional working in a team of other professionals, and we all just get on and do our jobs. No namby pambying around with "productivity figures", or "first time fix" statistics. I am much more comfortable with getting the job done and done properly without those pressures hanging over me, that's for sure. And because I can break the mould and do it my way, I bet I beat 'procedure' into touch in comparison to a lot of corporate structures.

 

One thing I cannot abide when phoning call centres myself, is the phone drone script! I know they have to go down that route, it's "policy", but how refreshing would it be if they just said "yeah, it's borked!" at the first hurdle!

Edited May 4, 2010 by theeldergeek
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