My project manager told me on Friday that I had to work this weekend and she expected at least 8 hours of work a day. They do not pay me enough to work 16 hours or more on a weekend.
My 8 hours of work today consisted of watching a cycling race, sending an email, watching Dirty Jobs, sending another email, grocery shopping, and sending a third email and charging 8 hours of work when in reality I only worked for 30 minutes. We are supposably supposed to go-live next weekend which is the reason we all have to work 16 hours this weekend, but we have been asked to work every weekend for the last 5 months.
One of my insane co-workers worked 92 hours last week. I charged 62 which is basically the minimum expected, but only worked like 50. The rest of the time I spent cleaning my apartment, watching TV, or anything else that needed done. I just feel sorry for all of those IT workers who have not caught on to the game of pretending to management you actually work the hours they demand.
My project manager told the entire team we had to work 16 hours this weekend, yet she did not even log on today. Do not expect me to work if you are not going to. I can do the same crap you are doing too.
After reading the book “Anonymous Lawyer” by Jeremy Blachman I decided to write my own version of Anonymous Computer Geek here. Well at least occasionally. If you have read my blog, you have realized I am gay, and yes I will occasionally continue to post about gay topics, but I now have another topic to write about.
You have all heard about child abuse, spousal abuse, and all other types of abuse. But have you heard about IT worker abuse?
Probably not. You are actually probably one of the culprits. You expect your helpdesk and your IT workers to be available 24/7 to fix the smallest problem you are having. Almost every IT worker is forced to carry a BlackBerry 24/7 and is expected to answer it all hours of the day or night. We would be happy to do this and help you, if you treated us as an equal rather than the lowliest of dogs.
To be honest when you are having problems, we have no idea what is wrong. Your resident IT department is clueless, but we do know how to troubleshoot. Yes, I am going to tell you to reboot even if you have already done it 6 times, because honestly I don’t trust you. I don’t even trust my fellow co-workers. 99% of the time you or my co-workers are telling me something is wrong, when there truly is nothing wrong.
Do NOT treat my like shit just because you have already rebooted. Most of the time, you have not already rebooted and you are flat out lying to me. Do not treat me like shit because you are having a problem at 2 AM. I do NOT care. I want to sleep you can wait until I wake up. Do NOT think you can run your company without IT. I will quit and leave you as the emperor with no clothes. If I tell you it is going to take 2 months do NOT tell me it has to be done in 2 weeks. I am not going to work 48/7 for the next two weeks so you can get your bonus check. Do NOT play political games. I do not care what management is telling me has to be done. I know what I can do and if you don’t like it go find yourself another IT worker to fuck.
I am not your slave. Yes, I love troubleshooting computer problems, but you are not the only one who has computer problems. I can find a job somewhere else paying me more. I do not care if your company crashes and burns if you treat me like shit. If you treat me and pay me well, I will work my ass off for you. If you treat me and pay me like trash, screw you.
It is just too bad you are going to treat me like shit. I will find another job in 2 years. If I wake up at 1 AM trying to figure out how to fix your problems, it is time for a new job.