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Abused IT Workers Ready To Quit

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the thankless-jobs dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that new research is suggesting as many as a quarter of all IT staff in small to medium businesses have suffered some sort of abuse and are looking for careers elsewhere (PDF). "The study also found that over a third have suffered from sleepless nights or headaches as a result of IT problems at work, while 59 percent spend between one and 10 hours a week working on IT systems outside normal hours. ... The biggest cause of stress among IT staff is problems arising from operational day-to-day tasks, the survey found. Another major cause came from loss of critical data, according to Connect."

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  1. In another news by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The number of BOFH increased significantly in 2008.

    1. Re:In another news by BSAtHome · · Score: 4, Funny

      I actually think that the absolute number of BOFHs is constant. They are wilfully more exposed now by the survey. And, as all good BOFHs will do, is make sure that the survey is tainted by a --clickety-click-- unfortunate mishap caused by the surveyor. There is nothing more rewarding than a good survey beating.

  2. Re:I am glad I work with UNIX systems. by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have personally quit 2 jobs in the past because I was asked to work with Microsoft products.

    If that's your idea of abuse, the waaahmbulance is definitely coming to pick you up.

  3. I got out of IT and into a new career by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hijack supertankers for ransom. It's fun and pays really well! Back in college, I never would have guessed those Somali language courses would end up being so useful.

  4. I bet you are! by Samschnooks · · Score: 5, Funny

    As someone who migrated away from a direct IT job to an HR job that is tangentially IT related,...

    All the babes work in HR!

    1. Re:I bet you are! by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but they have boyfriends or husbands.

      *sigh*

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    2. Re:I bet you are! by TheTyrannyOfForcedRe · · Score: 5, Funny

      A number of scientific studies have found that 30 to 50 percent of women cheat.

      You're welcome!

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    3. Re:I bet you are! by iamhassi · · Score: 5, Funny

      "All the babes work in HR!"

      And being in HR, the "babes" know the sexual harassment policy word-for-word

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    4. Re:I bet you are! by SBFCOblivion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Rings don't plug holes.

  5. Re:Part of the problem is Ego. by SoupGuru · · Score: 4, Funny

    I watch a lot of hockey and I know pretty much everything the players are supposed to do. I could just step right in on an NHL team and fill in. I'm that awesome.

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  6. Re:Part of the problem is Ego. by cstdenis · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know I could skate around and not score any goals too. Seems to work for a lot of them.

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  7. Re:It's not so bad by drpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found one way to avoid abuse was to adopt a simple practice of sharpening your hunting knife at lunch

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  8. How safe are we? by jeko · · Score: 5, Funny

    That was just beautiful, man. Just perfect.

    The fact that you can demonstrate such an awesome grasp of this fundamental concept makes me want to vote you IT Czar.

    Seriously. I want you to go all around the world and talk to absolutely everyone and repeat that little speech. I wanna see you show up as a guest on The Daily Show. I want to see them make "Backup Plane: The Movie" I want you to wander the Earth like Johnny Appleseed and Samuel Jackson in "Pulp Fiction," getting into adventures and imparting this wisdom to all you meet.

    And then maybe, just maybe, on some faraway golden day, in a better world than the one we have now, I'll pick up my phone to hear some poor netadmin chump cry out for help and when I ask that vile bastard "Do you have any backups?" maybe, just maybe, he'll say "Yes, I took them yesterday."

    And when that glorious day comes, ToasterMonkey, I swear I will find the tallest twin peaks in the world, and dynamite the first into the shape of a toaster, and the other into the shape of a monkey, in your eternal glorious honor.

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