On January 5th I started a new venture with a subsidiary of a big Health Care company. Before making this transition I worked for a small corporation with less than 40 employees. So I was the heart and soul of the IT department. I knew the infrastructure inside and out. Then I took the leap of faith into a company that is very silo-ed.
For those of you that have never been inundated with big corporate life. Let me give you a couple of examples.
The help desk personnel only control the desktops. They are required to setup any new equipment. Any employee that is not part of the team, are not allowed to setup hardware and/or install software on corporate own machines.
So lets me separate the departments a little more. You have a enterprise networking team, storage team, server team, VMware team, and Architects. I am sure that there are more teams that I am forgetting.
So I had a run in with a person on the security team. I am currently working on a project that involves video conferencing for the medical industry to remote diagnose. The buzz work here is Telehealth. So I need to get an SSL certificates for security. My department requested reverse DNS changes to our external domain and ask the same person to approve the SSL request through GoDaddy. I received a two page email that stated that I need to follow corporate procedure and this was not the way we do business.
I kind of laughed for a second. The subsidiary that I work for is a “For Profit” company, not a non-profit health care entity. So I am working outside of their corporate policies to make profit. I am still not sure if this individual completely understands the concept.
So I am constantly working against the grain(s) of the corporate policy. I enjoy want I am doing. I look forward to next day. I have found a new challenge…
It is called CISCO UCS.
I see policies……
Tooting your own horn a bit with the Heart and Soul comments. I assume you were the sole member of the IT staff? Good to see you are already making friends at your new employment. Maybe if your ego was a bit more deflated and you worked as a member of a team you would have taken the opportunity to learn the procudures of your new company.
Policies are present in every decent company. They can be a pain in the neck but they’re also a life saver at times too. Being nosy i’d be interested to hear your view now a few months later? Best wishes 🙂