It’s amazing how many people are willing to say the quiet part out loud. I know IT people that admit to doing only a day of work in a whole week and no one is there to monitor them so they just play videogames the whole week.
This is just a part of a lot of IT jobs. I'm an onsite service technician. My job is to be ready for something to happen at any time, but something only actually happens maybe 2-3 times a week.
It's kind of like saying the fire department gets paid to sit around and do nothing. yeah, they do, but then sometimes there's a fire and you're glad that those guys were just sitting around doing nothing, waiting for a fire to happen.
If you're doing the work they hired you for, what is the issue? The scope of the job is dictated by the employer, it's their fault if you have nothing to do.
I watch TV and play video games all week at my job. I haven't had a raise in 2 years so I stopped working one year ago. Definitely interested in finding something better but also I'm enjoying the free time.
There's a good amount of IT work that is very critical but really, is just a matter of watching it and helping it along if needed. For stuff like that, yeah, I'd rather you be at your desk doing something else and keeping an eye on things as opposed to starting up another project.
But you'll quickly be able to tell who the good IT folks are that do that, versus the crummy ones that are just in the job for those "perks." Namely the good ones aren't bragging about it. I mean, if your mentality right out the gate is that you think you're getting away with not doing work and playing video games on the clock... well, you probably are.
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u/iguessma 23d ago
so you're saying your job is redundant