I understand your point, but that's part of the job they chose. And many other people in different roles get raked over the coals for things that are out of their control, it's just not as visible to the general office population as IT issues.
Mostly fair enough but I don't think they need to be explicitly thanked just for doing their job well (aside from polite "thanks" at the end of conversations)... there are many other roles that are pivotal in a business; payroll gets us paid, safety dept stops accidents, salespeople find revenue streams, lawyers stop us getting sued, etc. I don't walk around the office thanking these people for doing their jobs, even if they are doing a good job. I appreciate that Sysadmins go through a lot of grief and pressure with some projects and issue fixes but that's because computers are a bitch; but they chose that job.
I reckon it's because sysadmins generally think they're more important than they actually are... hehe
In closing I would say that I sometimes feel bad because Sysadmins and IT staff do often get put down by the rest of the office... people begin to associate them with problems because that's the only time they engage them. I don't think that's going to change unfortunately.
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I understand your point, but that's part of the job they chose. And many other people in different roles get raked over the coals for things that are out of their control, it's just not as visible to the general office population as IT issues.
Mostly fair enough but I don't think they need to be explicitly thanked just for doing their job well (aside from polite "thanks" at the end of conversations)... there are many other roles that are pivotal in a business; payroll gets us paid, safety dept stops accidents, salespeople find revenue streams, lawyers stop us getting sued, etc. I don't walk around the office thanking these people for doing their jobs, even if they are doing a good job. I appreciate that Sysadmins go through a lot of grief and pressure with some projects and issue fixes but that's because computers are a bitch; but they chose that job. I reckon it's because sysadmins generally think they're more important than they actually are... hehe In closing I would say that I sometimes feel bad because Sysadmins and IT staff do often get put down by the rest of the office... people begin to associate them with problems because that's the only time they engage them. I don't think that's going to change unfortunately.