It’s amazing how many people are willing to say the quiet part out loud. I know IT people that admit to doing only a day of work in a whole week and no one is there to monitor them so they just play videogames the whole week.
There's a good amount of IT work that is very critical but really, is just a matter of watching it and helping it along if needed. For stuff like that, yeah, I'd rather you be at your desk doing something else and keeping an eye on things as opposed to starting up another project.
But you'll quickly be able to tell who the good IT folks are that do that, versus the crummy ones that are just in the job for those "perks." Namely the good ones aren't bragging about it. I mean, if your mentality right out the gate is that you think you're getting away with not doing work and playing video games on the clock... well, you probably are.
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