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Sharing IT Problems with Executives?

Posted by Cliff on from the doing-your-job-and-not-getting-fired-in-the-process dept.

dicey asks: "Later this week all of the IT department at my company (50-80 people) is having a dinner with the company President and VP/CIO. One major reason for this is so that they can get a better understanding of what is going on in IT and how it impacts the company overall. Ideally, with the ideas and sharing, these guys will have a better appreciation for us, adjust our budgets appropriately, and help us in our business. However, many of us are wary to speak about what is going on because it will inevitably reveal problems with the company. We are worried about what we discuss coming back to our directors ultimately to bite us. I am curious what my fellow Slashdot readers have done in similar circumstances, where there is a great chance to let someone high up in your company know of problems so that they can be rectified, but whereby revealing them you may get hurt in the process."

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  1. Tried that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our IT department did something similar to this last year, and had the same concerns. We decided to make it a themed costume party, and we all dressed as our favorite sci-fi characters. We gave management the earful they wanted, and the next day we all got an email saying "R2D2 is sooo fired!" but they never figured out who it was.

    1. Re:Tried that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      We gave management the earful they wanted, and the next day we all got an email saying "R2D2 is sooo fired!" but they never figured out who it was.

      Either your managers are unusually stupid or you got a lot of midgets working there.

  2. Hold on to by TCM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dilbert!

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    1. Re:Hold on to by JahToasted · · Score: 5, Funny

      This strip seems especially relevant.

  3. at least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    at least you have a job, you insensitive clod!

  4. Jeez, this is biz 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Talk about how awesome you are.
    2) Talk about how much more you could do with "just a few more dollars".
    3) Talk about how other departments suck.
    4) Despite other departments sucking, you improvised, adapted, and overcame.
    5) In conclusion, we're awesome, and should beg for the chance to spend money on us.

  5. Joke was by ad0gg · · Score: 4, Funny

    the executive was really talking to the garbage can all night. This is why alcohol should not be served at company functions.

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