Ok, the company I work for has about 50 people. A mix of programmers, elec. and mech. engineers, etc. I’m the IT admin and the sole IT engineer in the company. Because of the relatively small size, some days I’m very busy and some days I am not.
When I’m not busy, I’m generally here or some other IT site. Our directors and bosses frown upon this, because I’m at my desk and not fixing someones pc. They think that I’m goofing off even when I’m installing a pc and waiting while it formats.
They want my work load to be constant throughout the day like the rest of the employees. I sometimes will drag a job out just so that it looks like i’m working. This just seems so wrong for me, cos I’m best at getting problems solved quickly and efficiently. The work load for me, at least, is large spikes throughout the day. It should also be in their best interests that I have some free time, cos that means that everyone is running smoothly and making the company a profit.
Has anyone resolved a problem like this at their work? Got their bosses to understand what you do and why its different? Sometimes when I’ve spoken to them about it, it doesn’t seem to register. Are these people completely stuck in their perseptions, or is there light at the end of the tunnel?
