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Helping IT Save Money ... and Jobs?

Posted by Cliff on from the frugal-with-the-corporate-funds dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I work in a small, overworked and understaffed IT department at a profitable business. We recently got the news that we needed to cut costs. While every penny counts, simply turning off the computers at night and saving pennies on processor cycles isn't exactly a noticeable savings. I'm curious what measures other Slashdot readers have taken to save money within their IT departments."

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  1. Outsourced Ourselves by tid242 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    It's standard industry practive to fire one's selves and then move the whole operation to India for a couple of years, before moving it back to your native country...

    -tid242

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    With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with science. --Carl Sagan

  2. HOW TO KEEP YOUR JOB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1. Always eat a lot of curry and garlic.
    2. Pretend to be an Indian (see 1.)
    4. ???
    5. Profit!