my corporate IT sucks

[Howard]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal

they purchased/contracted an online app that is only compatible with internet explorer. 7.

Microsoft App? :laugh:

That's the last company I would think of that would make a product with that restriction.

 

[Scouzer]

Our admin work connection is 300kbps partial T1 and my email box is 40MB. That's worse. We use IE6 and only upgraded from NT to XP last year.

Our operational computers are connected with 14.4k modems using Pentium II 266mhz machines. Even better!

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: BoberFett
Was it ITs doing or was an idiot higher up the food chain that signed a contract without ever consulting IT?

That's probably the case. I work in IT and I see this all the time.

I also often find ways to increase productivity or save money, but they don't want to have anything to do with stuff involving custom code, or Linux, or open source in general.

I make suggestions all the time that are ignored outright. Just yesterday I actually got into a verbal altercation with someone in sales over an IT issue because she thinks she understands what the company needs from technology better than I do. I'm the IT Director.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
I'm the IT Director.

There's your problem right there...

The further up the food chain, the less they actually know about IT.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: BoberFett
I'm the IT Director.

There's your problem right there...

The further up the food chain, the less they actually know about IT.

I started at this company as a software consultant, moved in to fill a manager position, then moved up to director. I know their software inside and out better than anybody on the planet. But clearly this sales moron knows more about the system than I do.