Justify your existence.
calculate the expected failure rate of all hardware in the company. ie: how many mouse failures, how many monitors failures, how many HD crashes, on average, per pc, per server. Calculate replacement time per failure. Price out consultant fees for those hours.
Calculate consultant fees for a managed growth plan. Calculate the expected growth rate of the need for new IT resources over time. Add up all the costs, and compare it to your income.
Don't be afraid to add in prices for 24hr support contracts from vendors.
This is a basic task for an experienced admin.
Determine exactly what is the cash value you provide to the company. It will likely be less than your income, unless you work for a very large company. Now you can add in all your "extra features" like convenience and rapid response, and sell it to upper management.
I've had to do it many times.. IT is a tough biz these days because nobody knows waht you REALLY do. Hell for all they know you might just be reading slashdot all day;)
But if organize all your tasks and duties, and cost it out over a year, the benefit to the company should be apparent. If it isn't.. well that's your warning to update your resume ASAP.
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Justify your existence. calculate the expected failure rate of all hardware in the company. ie: how many mouse failures, how many monitors failures, how many HD crashes, on average, per pc, per server. Calculate replacement time per failure. Price out consultant fees for those hours. Calculate consultant fees for a managed growth plan. Calculate the expected growth rate of the need for new IT resources over time. Add up all the costs, and compare it to your income. Don't be afraid to add in prices for 24hr support contracts from vendors. This is a basic task for an experienced admin. Determine exactly what is the cash value you provide to the company. It will likely be less than your income, unless you work for a very large company. Now you can add in all your "extra features" like convenience and rapid response, and sell it to upper management. I've had to do it many times.. IT is a tough biz these days because nobody knows waht you REALLY do. Hell for all they know you might just be reading slashdot all day ;)
But if organize all your tasks and duties, and cost it out over a year, the benefit to the company should be apparent. If it isn't.. well that's your warning to update your resume ASAP.