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February 28, 2008
Goodbye to Another Good Guy
Well, when it rains it pours they say. Alex worked his last day yesterday. That's three of our top hands that have left for greener pastures in the past month or so. Alex is going to work with Joe Crowe in Corvallis, and I wish them both all the best! This is a free society we live in, so they were able to make those decisions themselves, or else we would have never let them go! I have enjoyed working with Alex, and we were just about ready to do the 10gR2 upgrade together, which would have been fun. But, it's not to be. Brad is going to help us out now.
I'm just wondering out loud if anyone out there knows or cares how much work is done by the UCS department behind the scenes? I know you care when everything goes to h - e - double hockey sticks, but how about when you just turn your computer on and can do your work. Michael Ellis did an informal study of IT departments around the country. For our size, WOU has about 50 - 60% of the average number of IT employees. This would explain why we have all developed two (or more) jobs. We were hired for one job, but we've all wound up doing an extra job because there just isn't anyone else to do it. Do not think this is a slam against Bill Kernan, because it is just the opposite. Bill has somehow managed to not only keep things running smoothly, but to put WOU at the leading edge of technology. I'm just saying, we could use some help! Also, this might help us to keep some our talent from taking off for greener pastures.
Well, that's just my opinion.
Posted by rossm at February 28, 2008 8:42 AM
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