The reason I raised this issue was that I have seen something behind...
I agreed with the point from cadtag on the other thread mentioned by heath.simone
and from WandererIf you treat staff as though they are partially trained monkeys, locked in a miniature sandbox, then you'll never have any employees that are worth keeping - because anyone who is will head for greener, friendlier pastures where they can be more than a monkey clicking on icons.
What I have experienced is that I and my colleagues have been working fine without any network/pc failure issues in the company for years.At any rate, it's got to be frustrating to be shackled...
No-one complains until the IT guys set the such rules.
We used to install/upgrade the programs by ourself to meet our needs, for the job of course.
But now people in the office would not know when the Autodesk releases updates because the IT guys take over your rights.
Every updates for programs even for Win7 have to be installed by the IT guys.
One of the frustrated things is, when people go overseas, they cannot adjust the timezone on their laptop.
By saying this because my colleagues have to visit overseas frequently.
What I can see is there must be something gone wrong.
First of all, the architects/engineers/other designers are the main roles in a firm apart from the management.
The IT team, on the other hand, is the support rule in the firm.
On the other side, people in the office now start to play some games:
They report/complain (a formal word, eh?) one problem to the IT guys one single day.
Just want to keep the IT guys to be busy.
Can you see the poor performance/efficiency of the company?