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Originally posted by John
I think you should give CS and Neowin at least half of any new salary because its really them who take care of the pc's.

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Originally posted by Lisa
Where i work appraisal system is not about getting pay rises it's about fulfilling your job role and what you are good at...............pay rises are not even brought into it unless a promotion is recomended at the end of the appraisal

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2- Which objectives have you been unable to achieve and why
I feel I have learnt less about electrical drawings this year than I would have hoped to. I think a reason for this is because I am the only apprentice in the office and get used by all other managers for petty jobs/favours as well the commitment towards anything I.T related. As an apprentice I can accept these jobs but when some of them are less urgent than others I feel my time could be better utilised for learning.
Up until recently when ever the I.T is mentioned, people tend to think we have medium sized network, and that’s it, what else could possibly be involved with I.T? I.T covers a very wide range of tasks of which isn’t apparent to most people, most of which is day-to-day. This includes managing and maintaining all PCs, providing internal technical support, managing and maintaining all network equipment including snap servers and the internal phone system setup, data and software management including logging of all software installed on PCs in order to bring the company up to a ‘legal status’, backup management keeping a very close eye on backups on a daily basis on and off site, all internal/external website design/development and management (this now applies to AICA too), being able to offer my extensive knowledge and support on all software products to other colleagues within the company, managing all the companies I.T security and protection from the outside internet including centrally managing each antivirus on every PC and centrally managing all personnel email and email security before it reaches the ‘end user’. I believe this increased demand and responsibilities has arrived due to the move to the new building and increased number in staff over the recent periods.

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