I.T. in the U.S.

MauriceMoss

Forgive my naiveness.

Do most companies outsource to an "I.T. solutions provider"? I mean, how many of you work directly for the company you are serving? I am trying to leave my current position for another one (bad environment). I was hoping to be directly employed by the company I am providing service to. I want to be on equal footing as the end user. I want leverage for difficult users and not just told to kiss their a** because they are the customer.

For those that are providing I.T. service to another company, what is your relationship with the company? Is it combative? If you don't do X,Y,Z, you will lose the contract etc etc.

My problem is that I love computers/tech/etc but I don't like being treated like sh*t. This is the first time I have actually been in I.T. The environment seems very unstable (one person here today, gone tomorrow).

TheCudder

LinuxRacr wrote: »

Got a recruitment e-mail from someone at CompuCom, and it got me to thinking, "Where have I heard that name before..."
Yeah, thanks for the heads-up in this thread...

Not all CompuCom jobs/contracts are bad (some are cake actually). But I will say this, negotiate before taking a job because you'll never get a raise, if so it'll be a few pennies and it's tough (if not impossible) to move up since you're usually working on a contract for a specific role.