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Oh so this is just gonna get worse huh
On top of all the wild shit they're having you do, you're also gonna have to maintain it while building the next thing, and the next thing, etc.
I once did IT at a low voltage life safety shop (fire, security, access control) and I finally took a vacation for a week, while still being on call of course. When I got back I found out they had a meeting with some radio monitoring company without me and had bought like 500 fire system monitoring radios that they needed me to set up the antenna system and dual internet gateways for them. They not only basically signed me up to be the IT support for a fire system monitoring company they just created out of thin air, they expected me to build a fucking antenna for them in the back lot. Like the kind tall enough to climb. Because I work with the computers.🤦
It sounds like one of those things that are like, "Yeah I can do it, but why use someone less skilled and underpaid for it?"
Hiring new people are wildcards. They already have power over you. Bosses like that very much have a sense of ownership over their employees; With expectations that if they say something, it should get done regardless.
It's the kind of situation where that boss is begging to have work done to a substandard quality.