More than half of IT administrative staff (55 per cent) are not acknowledged by colleagues for carrying out essential IT tasks on their behalf, according to a new poll.

ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company which carried out the survey, released the results in conjunction with the 16th System Administrator Appreciation Day on July 31, as part of a campaign to give staff in other roles an insight into what a system administrator’s job entails.
 
Debunking a few common myths, the poll of over 2,000 IT workers revealed a few perceptions were actually true.

About 44 per cent said that being a geek was written in their DNA, while 38 per cent said they left their private persona at home and morphed into a geek at work.

However, despite having a reputation for working long hours, 46 per cent of the system administrators surveyed claimed to be party animals and around half worked within a nine-hour day.
 
Vidya Vasu, head of the ManageEngine Community, said: “While some myths were busted, it was a surprise when some turned out to be facts. For instance, 55 per cent had messy desks and the majority conformed to the ‘geek’ stereotype.”
 
To help colleagues thank hard-working system administrators, ManageEngine has created a series of free e-cards.

ManageEngine has also welcomed Sysadmins to participate two contests - Caption the GIFs contest and IT-Q game, designed to test the iT IQ of syadmins who double as wordsmiths. - TradeArabia News Service