I am now the boss!

**drewmaztech** · June 30th, 2004, 07:07 AM

Yes - I just got a major promotion. I went from the "low guy" on the totem pole and I was just made IT Department Head.

Very excited and a little bit nervous about all the new work coming on. I'm going to have to move away from the tech side and more into the management side of it all.

Oh, and not to mention I was promoted over the rest of the IT staff, some of whom have been here between 4 to 22 years. (Some are less-than-thrilled, obviously)

Hey - upper management told me where I was going - I didn't have much say in it! (oh yeah, and the fatty raise was nice too)

**Tacklebox** · June 30th, 2004, 08:01 AM

Congrats Drew- watch your back! j/k
Anyway, if they felt you were the right guy for the job and you did it on your own merit the more power to you.

Kick back, relax. You're a manager now

Do you have a secretary now? if so, is she hot?

Good Luck in the job

**techs** · June 30th, 2004, 08:19 AM

Congratulations. Don't forget to thank Windrivers in your acceptance speech.

**RIOT** · June 30th, 2004, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Tacklebox

Do you have a secretary now? if so, is she hot?

drewmaztech walks up to hot secretary and kisses her...

It's good to be the boss...

Oh yeah, congratulations...

**Tekboy** · June 30th, 2004, 08:35 AM

First order of business should be to equip all the office hotties with mandatory webcams. You could post up the pictures on Friday!

Workforce efficiency monitoring, blah, blah

**ilovetheusers** · June 30th, 2004, 08:37 AM

Congrats! Now go be as nice to your employees as you wanted former management to be nice to you.

**Tekboy** · June 30th, 2004, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

Congrats! Now go be as nice to your employees as you wanted former management to be nice to you.

Yeah, get them NICE webcams

**Stalemate** · June 30th, 2004, 09:27 AM

Good for you!

On my first "official" IT job, I was put in place as netadmin, in charge of a crew of 3 level 1 techs.

Needless to say, the hostility was palpable from the more experienced staff.

Tip: let them know quickly that you can't make it without their help, their experience and that you're there to make their jobs easier. Worked for me.

**NooNoo** · June 30th, 2004, 11:38 AM

Way to go Andy!!

At least you can enforce that rule now

**Spork** · June 30th, 2004, 11:56 AM

Way to go on the promotion! Glad to hear you're moving up in the ranks.

**drewmaztech** · June 30th, 2004, 12:38 PM

No secretary for me. I'm my own secretary - minus the implants.

Just LOADS more paperwork and more executives breathing down my neck.

I am soooo above fixing paperjams now.

**Diver01** · June 30th, 2004, 12:43 PM

WTG! Woohoo.

**Deity** · June 30th, 2004, 12:50 PM

Bigtime congradulations!

**Stalemate** · June 30th, 2004, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by drewmaztech

...I am soooo above fixing paperjams now.

That's what you think now, but physical labour is always a possibility.

So, you going to start wearing your hair pointing straight up above your ears now and using "leveraging synergies" and "proactively engineernig low-risk high-yield sources and assertively customize timely paradigms"?

**Tekboy** · June 30th, 2004, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by a d e p t

That's what you think now, but physical labour is always a possibility.

So, you going to start wearing your hair pointing straight up above your ears now and using "leveraging synergies" and "proactively engineernig low-risk high-yield sources and assertively customize timely paradigms"?

Wow, that is some serious "corp-speak!"