Here’s my issue. Recently I got into a war of words in the workplace over a report cover. Some people seemed to be under the impression it was something I should be doing because I’m IT. My response was that considering I’ve lost two of my personnel and I’m stuck managing ALL our IT issues I didn’t have the time and besides, I was only volunteering my time on the cover since it’s not a function of my office. You’d swear I shot somebody. Fortunately the big boss was cool about it.
Well now we’ve got a new big boss and I want to make my case to her that IT should be a separate entity from all the other divisions. Right now my direct supervisor doesn’t know a thing about computers or networking but she insists on trying to call the shots.
Anyway, I want to make it clear what kinds of things I should and should not be handling. For example, I shouldn’t be called to adjust an Excel chart every month but I should be able to provide basic training on using Excel.