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Long live the CIO, but kiss the IT dept goodbye

Staff reductions when floundering economy prevails

By David Berlind, ZDNet - 9th January 2003 - Back to News

Just because IT is one of the few areas that promises to deliver a good ROI doesn't mean the IT department is safe. ZDNet readers tell me there's plenty of pork in IT departments and business executives are keen on routing it out. Most managers have something better to do than to go pork hunting, let alone the time it takes to write up the incident report once a few kills have been identified.

Then there's the employee distraction. Entire companies have ground to a halt as pending layoffs send employees running for water cooler rendez-vous.

Finally, there's that incredibly awkward discussion, during which relationships (that took years to build) are destroyed, tears are shed, and, sometimes, security guards are called to escort the jettison.

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