Now’s a good time to caution supervisors and HR about being too quick to classify IT networking staffers as exempt from overtime under the FLSA.
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Tags: Apple, classify, lawsuit, networking, staff
Now here’s an operation that’s sure to slaughter worker morale: The Connecticut-based drug behemoth Pfizer is reported to be making its IT workers train their replacements from an Indian outsourcing firm.
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So, your help desk staffer picks up the phone and the user on the line says, “My laptop’s been run over by a truck. What should I do?” Look both ways before you pick up the pieces?
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When was the last time you encouraged users in your organization to post a message on Facebook or use their work computer to order some holiday gifts?
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Tags: cyberslacking, online, productivity, time management, Web
The boom in telecommuting’s being driven by soaring gas prices and a sinking economy, and now there’s data that’s showing just how big an impact the practice is having.
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Tags: lower costs, productivity, security, survey, telecommute, training, upgrades, virtualization, VPN
The ripple effects of the U.S. economic crisis will be felt in every industry, even the once-booming tech sector — which many have believed would be insulated from market woes.
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Tags: IPO, IT, public offering, start ups, technology, venture capital
OK, so IT gripes about every department. But there are some finance-specific behaviors that really seem to get their goat.
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Tags: Accounting Rules, communications, departments, finance, Finance departments, GAAP, IT, relationship, Reorganization, spreadsheets
Anyone out there looking to hire IT staff will want to comb those resumes carefully, if you believe a recent survey from CareerBuilder.
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Tags: applicants, hiring, IT staff, resumes
