When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved

Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by esoterica on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:53AM (#20165938)

You can ask IT to install it for you. You don’t need to install it yourself.

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by ClassyJacket on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:42PM (#20171425)

Hahahaha, I do this job (the IT software installer), and no dev should be without admin rights.

It's not practical to sit around for a week or more while you wait for each piece of software to install. No dev will ever get any work done.

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by frosted-flakes on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:18PM (#20166249)

But then you're waiting around for the rest of the day for them to come install it.

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by TheRealDunkirk on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:34PM (#20171125)

DAY!? What magical place do you work at where IT is so specialized that you have to request them to install an application, and it only takes ONE DAY?

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by maxxxxx on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:00PM (#20167454)

They wouldn't even know how to install our stuff.

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Re:When Employees Use Software That IT Hasn’t Approved by nmstoker on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:19PM (#20167645)

Precisely! And then they'll get it wrong (or worse still say they won't do it the way you ask even though you will know better why those choices are needed!)

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